GFDRR is assisting Bangladesh to enhance the climate resilience of its rural power system through a combination of risk mapping, knowledge transfer, and innovative solutions.
GFDRR partnered with an educational institution in Indonesia to bolster the capacity of the country’s water utility operators — shaping training modules that are now integrated into the curriculum and...
Saint Lucia faces various climate-related threats to its development. GFDRR is addressing these threats via efforts to enhance technologies and support knowledge-sharing activities that benefit stakeholders...
Belize, a middle-income nation, faces numerous climate and disaster risks, and suffered a significant economic contraction in 2020 due to COVID-19. Support from GFDRR and the World Bank were a key part...
With the support of the Canada-Caribbean Resilience Facility (CRF)and the Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility (CRRBF), Grenada is making progress to ensure the climate resilience of critical...
The World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) supported construction of new rural infrastructure in Vietnam and enhanced safety and connectivity for the country’s most...
The brief explores ways for the private sector to help protect Bamako from flooding in a commercially viable and sustainable manner. When looking at opportunities for partnering with the private sector...
Investments in risk-informed territorial planning, urban resilience and adaptive social protection have increased disaster and climate change resilience in cities across the Dominican Republic.
The government of Belize, with support from the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), addressed the urgent needs of vulnerable households and small farmers that...
Every year, the impacts of natural hazards and climate change around the world affect children’s education. Damage to school infrastructure directly harms students, teachers, and the school community...
Hydrological and meteorological (hydromet) hazards, such as hurricanes, heat waves, floods, and droughts, inflict more human and economic losses than any other disaster. While hydromet services, which...
Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, landslides, and fires threaten treasured heritage worldwide. Cultural heritage (CH) is not just about monuments or traditions, but also about the people whose identity...
By providing high-level practical guidance around climate and natural hazard resilience in urban rail projects, as well as just-in-time support, the Japan program has supported governments in India, Peru...
Geohazards include almost all hazards affecting road infrastructure such as landslides, debris flows, floods, and erosion. In many countries, the lack of road geohazard risk management is causing the loss...
Among the most frequent and most damaging of natural hazards, floods threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of urban dwellers each year. As a changing climate increases the frequency and intensity...
Industries and their supporting infrastructures (e.g., industrial zones, ports, roads, power, water supply and sewerage) have been key in creating jobs, catalyzing investments, and bringing technological...
Risk-informed restoration and ecological analysis is critical for successful nature-based solutions for resilience projects. Identifying the areas where nature-based solutions can provide a substantive...
The Philippines is one of the most natural hazard-prone countries in the world. Disasters in the country can quickly roll back hard-won economic and social development gains. To better safeguard the country...
Deepening assistance to governments in South Asia to reduce disaster risks by convening not only the deep technical expertise required, but also addressing system-wide perspectives on the processes of...
Though located in various oceans, many Small Island Developing States (SIDS) share a major common feature: they are among the most exposed nations to natural hazards and climate change. SIDS are also characterized...