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Latest revision as of 01:17, 8 February 2024
Sustainability - disasters.
Disaster risk is the risk of harm following the serious disruption of a community or society, resulting from natural or human-made events.
Disasters may be sudden onset or slow onset.
Disasters include the impacts of cyclones, droughts, floods, earthquakes, wars and many others.
See also
- Business continuity management
- Catastrophe bond
- Climate change
- Climate change adaptation
- Climate change mitigation
- Climate finance
- Climate physical risk
- Climate risk
- Climate transition
- Disaster recovery plan
- Disaster recovery planning
- Disaster risk finance
- Environmental concerns
- Global Risk Financing Facility (GRiF)
- Global Shield Financing Facility (GSFF)
- Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
- InsuResilience Global Partnership (IGP)
- Insurance
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
- Resilience
- Sustainability
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Transition
- UK Climate Change Committee
- United Nations
- V20
