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2022 Climate Risk Insurance Annual Report – WFP

Reports / Studies
The 2022 Climate Risk Insurance Annual Report of the World Food Programme (WFP) highlights key insights and achievements from WFP-supported Climate Risk Insurance (CRI) programmes. It provides deep dives into WFP-supported CRI programmes in...
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DeRisking coffee in Vietnam: Piloting a Coffee Climate Protection Insurance scheme to enhance the capacity of smallholders and agribusinesses in coping with climate variability and change

Case studies
While the Central Highlands in Vietnam are the largest production hub for coffee in the country and the largest Robusta coffee producer in the world, the region remains the second poorest region in the country. This makes it even more...
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Nepal: Introducing index-based insurance for flood-prone communities

Case studies
Increasing the resilience of smallholder farmers against flood events through index-based insurance in Nepal. Check out how a partnership headed by Practical Action and co-funded by the InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF) is developing an...
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Confronting simultaneous Climate, Public Health, and Economic Shocks in Developing Countries

Policy Briefs / Policy Notes
Developing countries and small economies are facing the prospect of more frequent and devastating compound shocks, defined as multiple disruptive events—including natural disasters, economic and financial crises, and pandemics—striking...
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Index Insurance and Climate Risk: Prospects for Development and Disaster Management

Reports / Studies
Is index insurance an effective tool to manage climate-related disasters? The climate has always presented a challenge to those whose livelihoods depend on it. For poor people, a variable climate presents a risk that can critically restrict...
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Protecting the poor: A microinsurance compendium

Reports / Studies
“Protecting the Poor: A microinsurance compendium, volume II” is a unique collection of recent practices and emerging ideas in microinsurance. It covers the numerous innovations that have emerged in recent years to meet the...
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Effectiveness of Insurance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation: Challenges and Opportunities

Reports / Studies
The Asia-Pacific region is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change impacts because millions of people in the region dwell in rural areas, are poor households and are dependent on agriculture and related sectors for their...
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Insuring for a changing climate: A review and reflection on CARE’s experience with microinsurance

Reports / Studies
The report reviews CARE’s experience with microinsurance through seven case study examples across its global programmes. Case studies presented cover climate risk insurance, such as livestock and crop insurance, but also other social...
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First insights: Landscape of Climate and Disaster Risk Insurance (CDRI) in Asia and the Pacific

Reports / Studies
An analysis of the current status of Climate and Disaster Risk Insurance (CDRI) has been developed by the MSC (MicroSave Consulting) in collaboration with the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and the Regulatory...
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Republic of the Philippines: Disaster Resilience Improvement Program

Case studies
The Philippines is highly exposed to climate and disaster risk, where the impact of disasters is often most devastating in cities, given their concentration of people and economic activities. Whilst city governments are at the forefront of...
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