The following short video clips introduce the main GFDRR activities: business lines and global programs. The videos were prepared as part of the GFDRR Partnership Learning Series for use in training activities offered by GFDRR and its partners.
1. GFDRR Track I – Global Partnership
2. GFDRR Track II – Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation
3. GFDRR Track III – Sustainable Recovery
4. GFDRR Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (DRFI) Program
5. GFDRR Labs
6. GFDRR Results Framework
7. United Nations/World Bank Joint Report - Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters: The Economics of Effective Prevention
8. WCIDS: Weather and Climate Information and Decision Support
1. GFDRR Track I – Global Partnership
Introduction to the GFDRR Track I service line is run jointly by the World Bank and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.
2. GFDRR Track II – Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation
Introduction to the Track II service line is mandated to support mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in a broader country development agenda.
3. GFDRR Track III – Sustainable Recovery Return to Top
Introduction to the Track III service line is mandated to support post-disaster recovery and reconstruction planning, to assist in incorporating disaster risk reduction measures to the recovery framework and provide ex-ante country and regional capacity building for enhanced disaster response preparedness.
4. GFDRR Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (DRFI) Program Return to Top
The GFDRR DRFI Program video introduces DRFI through its objectives, tools, methodologies and impacts on developing countries resilience to natural disasters.
5. GFDRR Labs Return to Top
This GFDRR Labs video introduces the unit within GFDRR that uses science, technology, and innovation to assist professionals in making risk reduction decisions in a changing climate.
6. GFDRR Results Framework Return to Top
The GFDRR program on Results Framework has developed an innovative way to quantify the progress and impact within disaster risk management (DRM) mainstreaming across countries, using multiple international standards. The video introduces the program and its accomplishments.
7. United Nations/World Bank Joint Report - Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters: The Economics of Effective Prevention Return to Top
This video introduces the main messages of the United Nations/World Bank joint report titled: Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters: The Economics of Effective Prevention which focuses on the economics of disaster risk reduction.
8. WCIDS: Weather and Climate Information and Decision Support Return to Top
This video introduces the Weather and Climate Information and Decision-Support System (WCIDS) in which serves as an entry point in end-to-end early-warning systems (EWSs) by providing outlook, forecast warnings for weather hazards and the related impacts.