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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-04-01
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| 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 |