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DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT AT THE WORLD BANK GROUP Daniel Kull Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist World Bank Group

Rising Global Disaster Impacts

Loss Events Worldwide 2014: Geographical Overview Presentation Title

RISK - Potential Losses of a 100-year Flood in % of GDP

RISK - Potential Losses of a 100-year Earthquake in % of GDP

2014 Balkan Flood Impacts BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA SERBIA Economy 0.4-1.8% 15% of 5% of estimated increase to contract in GDP GDP 0.4% in poverty 2014

Estimated Impact of 2014 Floods in Serbia Source: Republic of Serbia, World Bank Group, Unite Nations and European Union (2014). Serbia Floods 2014 . Belgrade.

Moving Towards Resilience REDUCING AVOIDING EXISTING CREATING RISK NEW RISK Resilient Society RESPONDING & RECOVERING MORE EFFICIENTLY TO DISASTERS

Role of Hazard, Exposure and Vulnerability in Creating Disaster Risk Source: World Bank & GFDRR (2013). Building Resilience: Integrating Climate and Disaster Risk into Development - The World Bank Group Experience . Washington, D.C.

World Bank Group Disaster Risk Management Framework Source: World Bank, GFDRR & Government of Japan (2012). Sendai Report: Managing Disaster Risks for a Resilient Future . Washington, D.C.

Risk Assessments for Different Needs and Budgets Source: World Bank & GFDRR (2013). Building Resilience: Integrating Climate and Disaster Risk into Development - The World Bank Group Experience . Washington, D.C.

Risk Reduction: Drina Flood Protection Project (BiH) • Protect 8500 ha of rural/agricultural land • Protect 54 ha of urban and semi-urban area • Construct 33.4 km of dykes in Republika Srpska • Rehabilitate 32.0 km of dykes in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Leveraging European Meteorological Infrastructure for Preparedness • Supply weather and climate related satellite data • Organize co-operative programmes in the fields of basic meteorological activities (observing systems, data processing, basic forecasting products, research & development, training) • Produces numerical weather forecasts and monitors the Earth-system • Carries out scientific and technical research to improve forecast skill • Maintains an archive of meteorological data

Financial Protection Instruments Source: World Bank & GFDRR (2013). Building Resilience: Integrating Climate and Disaster Risk into Development - The World Bank Group Experience . Washington, D.C.

Resilient Reconstruction: Post 2014 Floods in BiH Source: Bosnia and Herzegovina, World Bank, United Nations & European Union (2014). Bosnia and Herzegovina Recovery Needs Assessment: Floods 14-19 May .

Bosnia and Herzegovina Floods Emergency Recovery Project • International Development Association (IDA) Crisis Response Window (CRW) • Finance critical goods, such as fuel and electricity imports • Support re-establishment of public services • Reconstruction of local infrastructure USD$ 100 million credit • Support on-going economic recovery initiatives, in particular in agriculture • Combine with long-term investment for holistic support, such as the Drina Flood Protection Project

Coordinated Support: Serbian National DRM Program

Daniel Kull Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist dkull@worldbankgroup.org +41 22 748 1015 Skype: daniel.kull