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 OECD adopts guidance on disaster risk financing strategies
23/2/2017 - The effective financial management of disaster risks is a key public policy challenge for governments around the world, particularly those faced with significant exposures to such risks and/or limited capacity to manage the financial impacts of natural and/or man-made disasters, such as floods, earthquakes, cyclones, terrorist attacks, industrial and technological accidents, and pandemics.
With these considerations in mind, the OECD has adopted a Recommendation on Disaster Risk Financing Strategies that provides guidance on the development of strategies for the financial management of disaster risks. Read more
OECD work on disaster risk financing
Under the guidance of the High-Level Advisory Board on the Financial Management of Catastrophic Risks and the OECD Insurance and Private Pensions Committee, the OECD supports the development of strategies for the financial management of natural and man-made disaster risks through the development of guidance and analysis and the sharing of experience and best practices through meetings and seminars.
DOCUMENTS AND LINKS
Financial Management of Earthquake Risk, 2018
Financial Management of Flood Risk, 2016
Disaster risk financing: A global survey of practices and challenges, 2015
Financial instruments for managing disaster risks related to climate change, 2015
Disaster Risk Financing in APEC Economies, 2013
G20/OECD methodological framework on disaster risk assessment and risk financing, 2012
Risk awareness, capital markets and catastrophic risks, 2011
Good practices for the mitigation and financial management of catastrophic risks, 2010
Policy Handbook on Natural Hazard Awareness and Disaster Risk Reduction, 2009
Financial Management of Large-scale Catastrophes, 2008
Terrorism Risk Insurance in OECD Countries 2005
Catastrophic Risks and Insurance, 2005
Large-scale Disasters: Lessons Learned, 2004
Keeping schools safe in earthquakes, 2004
Environmental risks and insurance, 2003
Insurance and Expanding Systemic Risks, 2003
Emerging Risks in the 21st Century: An Agenda for Action, 2003
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MEETINGS
OECD-ADBI-ADBC Workshop on Developing the elements of a disaster risk financing strategy in Asia, 8-9 May 2018, Bangkok
OECD-ADBI Seminar on Disaster Risk Financing in Asia, 2016, 24 June 2016, Tokyo
OECD Conference on the financial management of flood risk, 12-13 May 2016, Paris
IPPC Special Session on Climate Change and the Insurance sector, 4 December 2015, Paris
Global Seminar on Disaster Risk Financing, 17-18 September 2015, Kuala Lumpur
3rd International Meeting on Terrorism Risk Insurance, 10 September 2014, Washington D.C.
2nd International Meeting on Terrorism Risk Insurance, 2012, Paris
High-Level Roundtable on the Financial Management of Earthquakes, 2011, Paris
1st Conference on Terrorism Risk Insurance, 2010, Paris
2009 Conference on the Financial Management of Large-scale Catastrophes, Bangkok
2007 Conference on the Financial Management of Large-scale Catastrophes, Hyderabad
2004 Conference on Catastrophic Risks and Insurance, Paris
Contact
Mr. Leigh Wolfrom
E-mail:Leigh.WOLFROM@oecd.org
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