Low carbon development in Indonesia
Establishing viable alternatives to carbon-intensive development in Indonesia
Disaster risk
The incidence, severity, and impact of natural disasters is expected to escalate. International funding sources often one option, but often these are limited and not sustainable over the long term, particularly in fragile and conflict-afflicted states. It is vital for countries to consider alternative financing strategies to scale up their disaster response.
We respond to this challenge by designing, implementing, and evaluating policies and strategies that provide for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, and helping governments understand and implement risk financing measures. Our projects focus on diverse areas including flood management, vulnerability assessment, early warning, emergency cash-transfers, and disaster insurance.
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Overcoming the NDC implementation gap
Globally, 189 countries have pledged nationally determined contributions (NDCs), signalling a major shift in climate governance.
Action on Climate Today: climate-proofing growth and development in South Asia
This project is helping mainstream climate change resilience measures within budgetary planning and policymaking across South Asia.
Shock-Responsive Social Protection Systems (SRSP)
This project investigates how social protection systems can scale up to respond to shocks in low-income countries, and fragile and conflict-affected states.
Independent evaluation of the African Risk Capacity
Sovereign disaster insurance initiatives are a relatively new approach to tackling the increased vulnerability to disasters of communities across the world.
Enhancing the ability of countries to adapt to shocks
An innovative research programme in six countries explores how to improve the resilience of social services during and after external shocks