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Economics of DRR

Τhis theme covers economic analysis supporting risk-informed investments and better investment planning and financing strategies for disaster risk reduction. It also adresses post-event economic loss and impact assessments, cost benefit analysis and other DRR investment appraisal techniques, ex-ante economic impact assessments.

Latest Economics of DRR additions in the Knowledge Base

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Valuing the economic impact of river floods and early flood warning for households in Bangladesh

This study quantifies the economic value of increased flood warning time to households in the Jamuna River floodplain of Bangladesh.
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Debt-disaster-debt: hurricane-damaged islands are being saddled with loans they cannot afford

Flood waters remain, and the full impact of Beryl is yet to be assessed. But one thing is clear, the cost will be far higher than these countries and their citizens can afford.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Mainstreaming climate risk into development: Challenges and recommendations

The brief explains Sri Lanka’s vulnerability to climate-induced weather events and the challenges in key sectors, namely, energy, water, agriculture, livestock, fisheries, tourism, and manufacturing.
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Extreme weather in South Africa is disrupting tourism – research tracks the impact on coastal areas

The increased intensity of tropical and mid-latitude cyclones has caused severe damage to coastal tourism infrastructure in South Africa’s coastal provinces, which are a hub for tourism.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Breaking the cycle of risk: mapping a pathway for climate-vulnerable countries to address resilience and debt

A new report, “Breaking the cycle of risk: Addressing resilience and debt for a new global financial architecture”, shows that we have the opportunity to move climate vulnerable countries out of debt by reforming the financial architecture.
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A study of impact of climate change on the U.S. stock market as exemplified by the NASDAQ 100 index constituents

This paper employs an innovative event study methodology to demonstrate the impact of climate change on the NASDAQ index from the unique perspective of extreme weather events.
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Climate change is pushing up food prices — and worrying central banks

For millennia, food production and pricing have been disrupted by the weather, with one-off events such as heatwaves, droughts, flooding or frosts cutting harvests and raising prices. War and disease are also factors that influence global food prices.
Financial Times
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Asset-level assessment of climate physical risk matters for adaptation finance

The authors provide a methodology that quantifies physical risks on geolocalized productive assets, considering their exposure to chronic and acute impacts (hurricanes) across the scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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