An investment of US$6 billion annually in disaster risk management would result in avoided losses of US$360 billion over the next 15 years says this fourth edition of the United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR).  

The study on climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) synergies of interventions was carried out with a combination of approaches consisting of country-specific case studies in Nepal and India in South Asia and in the Republic of Ghana in the West Africa, an online survey eliciting responses from the stakeholders engaged

Globally, disasters due to natural hazards takes an enormous toll in terms of human lives, destruction to crops and livelihoods, and economic losses. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has therefore become a critical part of sustainable development strategies.

This document focuses on the basics of disaster risk reduction (DRR) finance and the opportunities that the Post-2015 development finance landscape can offer. In the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction – the successor to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) – it is imperative that the discussion on financing is elaborated.