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This paper explains the parametric insurance system of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) in the event of a hurricane or an earthquake.

This paper explains the excess rainfall parametric insurance product of the CCRIF and Swiss Re Excess Rainfall, which helps to mitigate the short-term cash flow problems small developing economies suffer after major natural disasters.

This review provides an inventory of country-level adaptation activities and a summary of key adaptation priorities, based on documents like the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s National Adaptation Programs of Action and National Communications

This document presents a review of current and planned adaptation action in Central America and Mexico, covering the following eight countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, as well as Mexico. The review first

This booklet provides a snapshot of some of the preliminary results of the Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) study. In an easy-to-understand manner using graphs, maps and diagrams, the booklet presents the following: ECA methodology Preliminary

Brief overview of the disaster risk management (DRM) strides made in several Latin America and the Caribbean Region countries to date. It includes a set of country notes organised by country priority levels determined by the GFDRR.

The preparation of this Regional Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2009-11 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

The progress report

AEC/2009/DRR.17/INF.011:

This plan aims at guiding the work of the Association of Caribbean States for the next five years, as the body for consultation, cooperation and concerted action for disaster risk reduction in the Greater Caribbean.

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