Articles - Enabling evidence based disaster risk management worldwide


In 2022, the Swiss Re Foundation teamed up with GFDRR to strengthen the basis for evidence-based disaster risk management worldwide, providing funding, as well as access to Swiss Re expertise. With our support, GFDRR created the RDL Standard and granted fellowships to seven young data scientists in climate-vulnerable countries to raise awareness of the RDL and increase the impact of climate risk studies. With the new data insights, the project has made information critical for potential climate risk investments worth 1.6 billion USD.

 

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