At present, South Asia is among the sub-regions where the spread of COVID-19 transmission is peaking. The intersection of the pandemic with the climate emergencies has created challenges that sub-region has not dealt with before and could magnify the negative impacts in some countries. Implementation of response strategies and pre-emptive actions that factor into the current pandemic are needed to protect the vulnerable community exposed to extreme climate events from becoming new epicentres of the pandemic. Understanding the links between epidemics and disasters requires innovative solutions including A wide-range of risk analytics such as impact forecasting and risk informed early warning, indexing and creating risk matrix to target at risk communities. This issue brief on COVID-19 focuses on the innovations which are protecting communities from cascading hazards, the challenges, and opportunities therein, and offers policy guidance to shape the future management of cascading hazards.
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Project news
- WLE: Digital defenses: Can high-tech insurance flood-proof vulnerable farmers? September 22, 2020
- ESCAP: Investing in innovative solutions to manage cascading disaster risks in South Asia: Key takeaways for stakeholders September 22, 2020
- GeospatialWorld: Insurance helps reduce risk from flooding for Asia’s vulnerable rural smallholders September 22, 2020
- CCAFS: First satellite-based insurance trial in Bangladesh helps farmers recover from flooding September 22, 2020
- wle.cgiar.org: Flood insurance in the climate change era: can science and tech help women get a better deal? January 24, 2018
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