UN Launches Disaster Insurance Program for Developing Countries September 28, 2021 The United Nations Development Programme has launched an initiative to help governments and the private sector in developing countries provide...
G7 Endorses African Risk Capacity Program as Model for Climate Insurance July 7, 2015 An announcement from African Risk Capacity (ARC) notes that “G7 leaders have singled out Africa’s first parametric catastrophe insurance pool,...
Oxfam Report Says World Unprepared for Threats from Warmer Climate March 25, 2014 By Chisaki Watanabe The world is “woefully unprepared” for the threat to food security from drought and flooding brought on by a warming...
Dirty Money Costs Developing World $6 Trillion, Led by China -GFI Report December 18, 2012 By Stella Dawson Crime, corruption and tax evasion have cost the developing world nearly $6 trillion over the past decade, and illicit funds...
EU Finance Ministers Reaffirm Climate Funding for Developing Countries November 9, 2011 EU finance ministers on Tuesday signed off on more than €4 billion ($5.5 billion) in short-term funding to help developing...