Forecast-based financing: an approach for catalyzing humanitarian action based on extreme weather and climate forecasts

Disaster risk reduction efforts traditionally focus on long-term preventative measures or post-disaster response. Outside of these, there are many short-term actions, such as evacuation, that can be implemented in the period of time between a warning and a potential disaster to reduce the risk of im...

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Main Authors: E. Coughlan de Perez, B. van den Hurk, M. K. van Aalst, B. Jongman, T. Klose, P. Suarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-04-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/15/895/2015/nhess-15-895-2015.pdf