Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)

📢 We still need your input! We're asking for your reflections on the role of improved hydrometeorological observations and services for anticipatory humanitarian action. The aim of this questionnaire is to gain a wide range of input from practitioner communities to identify challenges, opportunities, enablers, and barriers to anticipatory disaster risk reduction and disaster risk financing. Your answers, which will be anonymous, will be used to inform the preparation of a research article that we hope will provide an evidence basis for further improvement to hydrometeorological forecasting systems and their use for anticipatory action and disaster risk financing schemes. The study is funded by a research collaboration between GFDRR and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Find out more about the survey and send your responses here: https://lnkd.in/dEan4P3Y Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Initiative United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC Global Shield against Climate Risks International Recovery Platform Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) UN Women World Meteorological Organization Insurance Development Forum

I often get asked how GFDRR and the World Bank engages with communities and local stakeholders. Sometimes the perception is that since the World Bank funds larger development projects and its main counterparts are governments, our projects are not with or for the local communities. The reality is very different. The GARID project stakeholder engagement described below is one glimpse of how stakeholder engagements are carried out. It is impossible to address urban risk issues like flooding in the heart of Accra without involving the local communities in defining the problems and the solutions. This is #locally-led climate adaptation at scale. https://lnkd.in/g342TR_Z But let’s look #GFDRRs contribution to how we got here. Building disaster and climate resilience at scale takes time. And it needs to involve many stakeholders to define the problems to priorities and the solutions to implement, technical knowledge, financing, and a lot of patience. In Accra we have been involved for more than a decade. #GFDRR has provided grant financed technical support to Ghana and Accra since 2008. It was not until #GFDRR put focus on the growing flood risk problem in Accra by funding a stakeholder consultation process that examined the Accra flooding in 2015 and started to build a consensus about potential solutions across a large number of stakeholders, that the national Government and the World Bank started to explore the potential to develop and finance a project to address the growing urban flood risk. https://lnkd.in/ga82jJb9 In 2017 #GFDRR approved two new grants to support some of the technical studies and stakeholder engagement work needed for the Government of Ghana to prepare and present a project aiming to solve the growing flood problem in the heart of the city directly affecting more than 10,000 low income people and impacting the city economy. https://lnkd.in/g26gBq98 https://lnkd.in/gVjFFqmb In May 2019 the World Bank board approve $200 million in financing for the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) project. https://lnkd.in/gm_RC_bV This year the World Bank Board approved another $150 million for a second phase of the GARID. The #GFDRR City Resilience Program has since 2019 been supporting Accra and Ghana explore how to involve the private sector in addressing part of the flood problem. City Resilience Program Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) Anna Hjärne Jenna Young Matthias Bachmann Victoria Schreitter Manuela Chiapparino Aleksandra Ciezarek

I look forward to contribute to the G20 Disaster Risk Reduction technical working group over the next few days respresenting the World Bank. The World Bank and #GFDRR has for decades supported G20 and many other countries create DRR large scale impact through a combination of technical assistance and development finance on important topics like inclusive disaster recovery, urban flood management, and nature based solutions. Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) Ross Eisenberg Brenden Jongman Zoe Trohanis

[UPDATE] correct link with correct info re age requirement will be posted on this page https://lnkd.in/eAY2wYQH Hi everyone, our team at the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) is looking for a young geospatial data scientist profile that will join the JPA program of the World Bank and contribute to reducing the number of people vulnerable to disaster and climate risks globally. Job #: req28415 Organization: World Bank Grade: Ungraded Term Duration: 3 years 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s): English

Climate change poses unprecedented challenges. Given limited budgets and resources, smart and targeted investments are needed to enhance disaster and climate resilience. Learn more about how to prioritize climate adaptation through this course: http://wrld.bg/ijVC50SEwZf

I look forward to join this conversation on Wednesday. The World Bank and GFDRR relies on engineering expertise to support our clients design and implement projects and to support ourselves appraise projects we finance. Engineers have already contributed to so many of the marvels of our modern world and way of life, and I have no doubt engineers will continue to help humanity solve a lot of the problems we come across. I guess we will have to wait until Wednesday to learn if they can save the World!! Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) Tiziana Rossetto, FREng, FICE UCL Engineering Yoko Kobayashi

👭 Witness the power of community-led initiatives in combating urban #heat. The heat maps generated by local communities in cities in Albania 🇦🇱 and Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 helped inform policy decisions to address rising temperatures in urban areas. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/diceZAdj https://lnkd.in/d9fmvkPz City Resilience Program

🏫 At #UR24, our Safer Schools session, "Tomorrow’s Never Closed: The Future of Resilient Schools," delved into groundbreaking solutions — from Japan's advanced practices to the transformative potential of 3D construction printing — with the ultimate goal of ensuring children’s continuous access to education in the face of increasingly devastating natural hazards.   We extend our gratitude to the delegations of Bhutan, Pakistan, and the Philippines for joining us and sharing their invaluable insights, as well as to thought leaders Professor Aiko Sakurai, Dr. Umar Saif, and futurist Jean-Christophe Bonis.   Dive into this blog post for a comprehensive overview of the innovations discussed for creating disaster-proof physical learning environments. Join us in advancing this crucial conversation to safeguard the future of children.   🔗 https://lnkd.in/dcUaGPYu   #drm #education #SaferSchools #resilience #EducationResilience

Abdullahi Watiin, Mayor of Baidoa City in 🇸🇴 #Somalia, talks to Rossella Della Monica, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist for GFDRR, about The World Bank and GFDRR support for the city. Watch this #UR24 conversation here: http://wrld.bg/bN8M50SyEC2 Understanding Risk #drm #resilience

In this #UR24 exchange, Francis Fontenelle, Permanent Secretary for the Department of Finance of Saint Lucia, speaks with Dr. Naraya Carrasco, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist at The World Bank, about how the Caribbean country has been using new tools to facilitate risk-informed decision making and investments in the country's infrastructure sector. Watch the video here: https://lnkd.in/dKWdkDuF Understanding Risk