The 7th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Conference will bring together academics and development practitioners to present and discuss questions relating to Climate Change and Sustainable Cities.  This conference is hosted by the World Bank (Development Research Group), George Washington University (Elliott School [...]

As applications of resilience have increased the associated measurement options have grown. An unintended consequence of such growth is that the proliferation of resilience measurement approaches hinders efforts to generate evidence that is conceptually consistent and empirically comparable. To address this problem, [...]

  We face a reality where hazardous events are interrelated, and disaster impacts cascade in unpredictable ways. Multi-hazards can be a coincidence, they can be directly triggered by another or influence each other, creating multi-vulnerabilities that we need to prepare for. [...]

Agriculture and food systems face multiple and interconnected risks and crises, with dire impacts on food insecurity and nutrition. FAO implements multi-risk and impact management actions, including nature-based solutions and specifically, forest-based solutions, with a focus on food crisis and [...]

The WorldBank Group | Climate Action Join the World Bank at COP27 for a high-level panel on scaling locally led climate action, with insights from senior government representatives from Kenya, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Tanzania. With weather-related disasters such as floods, droughts, and [...]