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Bridging the Gap with Parametric Insurance: A Path to Resilience in Developing Countries

With climate-related shocks and stresses increasing globally, economic losses could skyrocket without direct action to build climate resilience and invest in adaptation solutions.
  • Yasmine Alotaibi Williams

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Helping Myanmar Farmers Adapt to Climate Challenges

“Myanmar’s location and physical diversity means climate change takes many forms. In the dry zone, temperatures are increasing, and droughts are becoming more prevalent, while the coastal zone remains at constant risk of intensifying cyclones. Extreme flooding in the current wet season has seen over 190,000 people seek emergency shelter, with the damage to homes, schools, and farms compounding the impact of last year’s floods and those from the year before.”
  • Timothy D. May
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Serving Governments’ Climate Data Needs

Farmers around the world increasingly rely on long-range weather forecasts when planning their crops. Traditional timing for planting is no longer as reliable as it used to be, and neither are the rains, thanks to shifts in climate patterns.
  • Christine Chumbler