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This brief displays the May 2024 updates for the Early Warnings 4 All initiative.

A recently published feasibility study identifies potential disaster risk finance and insurance solutions that could provide basic financial protection at scale for family farmers in northern Central America.

The objective of this feasibility study is to identify disaster risk finance and insurance (DRFI) solutions for up to 1.9 million family farmers in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

This report evaluates whether floods and landslides are more likely when rain falls inside versus outside protected areas (PAs).

As climate change hits crops, villagers are starting to diversify. Farmers are trying new activities and planting hardier varieties – including biofortified beans – to combat malnutrition and drought.

This seismic risk profile of Guatemala, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

Matazno, Jocotán in Guatemala has been hit by many disasters because risks and threats are not fully understood. To build the capacities of community representatives, Food for the Hungry, a GNDR member, conducted training on identifying risks and threats.

This factsheet presents findings from an analysis of 14 Latin American countries to document the SNIPs’ response to the pandemic, as well as to draw recommendations and lessons-learned for stimulating economic recovery in a resilient manner.