DRFF in the News
Mar 20
2023
Photo Credit: UNFP/Photolibrary
The Government of Djibouti has signed the first-ever multi-year, multi-peril agreement on the African continent with the African Risk Capacity Group (ARC Group) to protect the lives and livelihoods of its most climate-vulnerable communities. The ground-breaking agreement means that the country in the Horn of Africa now has access to five years of disaster risk management capacity building and disaster risk insurance coverage offered by the ARC Group, covering two of its most prevalent hazards... Keep reading
Mar 08
2023
Women hold the power to create, nurture, and transform. Yet, mere survival is what they are often left fighting for, especially following a natural disaster. The statistics are bleak. Eighty percent of people who are displaced by climate change are women. Women are also 80% less likely than men to own a mobile phone and 20% less likely to use the Internet on a mobile phone. Which, quite simply, means that a woman is significantly likelier to be affected by a disaster and is unlikely to have... Keep reading
Mar 07
2023
Photo Credit: UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman Rescue workers look for survivors in a building in Samada, Syria destroyed by the February 6 earthquake.
ANKARA, February 27, 2023— The two very large earthquakes of February 6 caused an estimated $34.2 billion in direct physical damages in Türkiye, the equivalent of 4% of the country’s 2021 GDP, according to a World Bank rapid damage assessment report released today. The report also acknowledges that recovery and reconstruction costs will be much larger, potentially twice as large, and that GDP losses associated to economic disruptions will also add to the cost of the earthquakes. Continued... Keep reading