Munich Climate Insurance Initiative: A leading innovation lab on climate change & insurance, finding solutions for vulnerable people in developing countries
Bonn, Germany
Joined February 2017
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ℹ️ While 💰 climate #finance was in the spotlight at @UNFCCC #COP29, negotiations around 💻 #technology are another key part of the #climateaction puzzle.
@UNFCCC_CTCN @EITeu @Adapt_Community @TheGlobalShield @NAP_Network @farmd @CGIARclimate @reliefweb @IISD_ENB @TheCVF @_MCII_
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Co-organized by ICSC, @_MCII_, @ClimateRealPH, @AfricaCRP, and @TheCVF, this #COP29 side event will highlight the importance of accountability from both donor and recipient entities to address challenges in mobilizing climate finance. Join us in-person: bit.ly/cop29cfai.
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In the #COP29 side event “Unveiling the Money Trail: Climate Finance Accountability Through Local Tracking and Validation,” we will tackle the importance of tracking finance flows from donor to recipient countries. Join us tomorrow, 16 November, 16:45 – 18:15 AZT at Side Event 9.
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.@BuriSinja, Team Lead, Climate Risk Finance Solutions, @UNUEHS/@_MCII_
🔴 Watch live: bit.ly/3Ar3QNU #E4CA
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❌ There are no natural disasters.
💡Disasters are not a 'natural' part of life.
Natural hazards such as earthquakes and tsunamis may be impossible to stop, but the loss of life and economic damage they inflict are usually the result of human decisions.
#NoNaturalDisasters
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Our most recent #CDRFI workshop provided key stakeholders with the knowledge to access, advocate and utilise climate financing to boost climate resilience effectively.
Would you like to join one of our upcoming workshops?
Then stay tuned to our socials for future opportunities!
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📸 Calling all young & amateur photographers in Europe & Central Asia. 🌍
Join the 2024 Youth Photo Challenge for Disaster Risk Reduction and share your vision of resilient future.
Open to individuals aged 18-28, deadline 15 Sept ➡️ ow.ly/6Cea50SPPZY
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.@RCClimate 'Pablogallery': classic moments from Pablo's 20-year period w Climate Centre - incl. one of his favourites, probably the only time a frisbee has ever been thrown in the White House, other than perhaps by presidential offspring (all shots CC) - bit.ly/4dbOGKl
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👉 A natural hazard only becomes a disaster when it is combined with exposure and vulnerability.
But what exactly does exposure mean?
In this #Riskepedia video @UNUEHS & @_MCII_ expert @AlvaroRojasFerr explains 👇
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to “supercharge” climate action, however, there are also risks, especially if it is unregulated & without safeguards.
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Check out 5⃣ insights into AI as a double-edged sword in climate action here!
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The Bonn AI & Climate Expert Meeting is taking place now, & we want to give you a sneak peek of what is happening.
Listen to Dietram Oppelt (@ecotoo), @UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee Vice-Chair, who explains why artificial intelligence is a game changer for #ClimateAction!
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Today is the opening day of the Bonn AI & Climate Expert Meeting!
But....what is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
Prof. @tmarwala, Rector of the @UNUniversity & Under-Secretary-General of the @UN, breaks it down in this #Riskepedia video 📽️!
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🚨Happening today🚨
Interested in understanding the emerging solution space of #AI4ClimateAction?
Join the Bonn AI & Climate Expert Meeting!
🗓️: Today
⏰: 09:30 CEST
Register for virtual participation➡️bit.ly/AIClimateBonn
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Interested to understand the emerging solution space of #AI4ClimateAction?
1⃣ more week until the Bonn AI & Climate Expert Meeting organized by UNU-EHS, in collaboration with @unclimatechange Technology Mechanism!
Register for virtual participation➡️bit.ly/AIClimateBonn
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An important insight from our #UR24 session "Safer Together: How Disability Inclusive DRM Protects Lives and Builds Resilience": we must build resilient communities where everyone’s voice is heard 🌟
Learn more about our work: gfdrr.org/en/inclusive-drm #InclusiveResilience
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Premium subsidies & capital investments are crucial to increase #climatevulnerable countries' access to #riskpools. Global Shield & @ODI_Global developed a premium allocation method for @PacificInsuran2 to encourage policy uptake. Read more 👉globalshield.org/news/pacifi…
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Today, at the #JuneClimateMeetings I participated in a Consortium Workshop for Insuresilience MAPs project implemented in Malawi by @cisonecc_malawi which registered achievements in:
🔆Capacity building
✳️Community outreach
🔆Increased MAPs membership
✳️Enhanced partnerships
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These #JuneClimateMeetings a lot is being said about Nationally Determined Contributions (#NDCs) & National Adaptation Plans (#NAPs), but what is the difference?
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Find out in new #ClimateClash video with:
🎙️Isabel Pasternack, @ndcpartnership
🎙️ @AlvaroRojasFerr, @UNUEHS.
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Delegates from around the world are coming to the #JuneClimateMeeting - to make progress on key issues ahead of #COP29.
📅 3-13 June
📍 Bonn, Germany
🔗 unfccc.int/sb60
But what is the meeting all about? And is it the same as #SBs, #SB60 and #BonnClimateConference? 👇
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📢JOB ALERT: the #GlobalShield Secretariat is hiring a Communication Specialist to strengthen the initiative's political positioning & visibility, among others in the context of the Loss and Damage Funding Arrangements. Apply until 18 June at @UNUEHS ➡️ careers.unu.edu/o/communicat…