The agricultural sector is a key segment of the Paraguayan economy, representing 30% of gross domestic product, 40% of exports, and the source of employment for a large majority of the rural population.1 Given the importance of this sector, agricultural risks are key to the economic and social health of Paraguay. Family farmers and their households, representing 90% of the total farms, are the ones most at risk of being trapped or falling into poverty due to external shocks and to the lack of adequate protection mechanisms. Due to the country’s subtropical temperate climate, characterized by a

Natural disasters and their associated damages severely impact people around the world every year. Increases in exposure and vulnerability at a global level, linked to the multiple concurrent trends such as climate change, population growth and globalization of supply chains are making it imperative to find strategies to manage disasters more holistically. Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRM) is an approach for dealing with the risk and manifestation of natural disasters. It is characterized by a holistic perspective with regards to the various components of risk management. IDRM differs

The overall aim of the project is to increase resilience to extreme weather events by devising on an integrated climate risk management approach that includes insurance. The ACRI+ project worked to collect the experiences and best practices from different organizations across the globe and promote these findings at international conferences and workshops, as well as on their online database “Climate Insurance”.

This roadmap is developed from work undertaken on ICRM through the “Advancing Climate Risk Insurance plus” (ACRI+) implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII). In Morocco, ACRI+ is working with Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Ait-Melloul industrial zone to support the development of financial and strategic capacities for managing climate risks, particularly from flooding, with a focus on the potential role of risk transfer. La gestion intégrée des risques climatiques (ICRM) est une

This roadmap is developed from work undertaken on ICRM through the “Promoting Integrated Mechanisms for Climate Risk Management and Transfer” project (“ICRM project”) implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII). In Ghana, the ICRM project is working across three Workstreams within the agriculture sector: (1) sovereign drought risk insurance, (2) building capacities for risk prevention and risk reduction and (3) the development of insurance products for commercial agricultural actors.

This roadmap is developed from work undertaken on ICRM through the “Advancing Climate Risk Insurance plus” (ACRI+) implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII). In China, the ACRI+ project is working with public and private stakeholders to improve the resilience of urban areas and especially urban infrastructure prone to mid-long term climate and disaster risks.

This roadmap is developed from work undertaken on ICRM through the “Advancing Climate Risk Insurance plus” (ACRI+) proejct implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII). In Barbados, the ACRI+ project is working with stakeholders to improve the resilience of existing and future renewable energy generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure to climate and disaster risks.

ACRI+’s objective is to enhance local climate and disaster risk practices, therewith integrating residual risk into the disaster risk management cycle of prevention, preparation, response, and recover practices. ACRI+ operates in three countries with varying climate risks. In Barbados, ACRI+ supports local authorities with their envisioned renewable energy transition and aims to improve the resilience of existing and future renewable energy generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure towards extreme weather events. The Barbados Renewable Energy Association (BREA) is the local

The African Risk Capacity (ARC) is a continental sovereign risk pool and early response mechanism designed to execute pre‐approved contingency. ARC’s mission is to help African Union Member States to protect the food security of their vulnerable populations. As an insurance risk pool, ARC’s objective is to capitalize on the natural diversification of weather risk across Africa, allowing countries to manage their risk as a group in a financially efficient manner in order to respond to probable but uncertain risks.

The creation of a contingency plan is one of the prerequisites to participate in the African Risk Capacity (ARC) as this pre-planning process ensures that countries are able to deploy ARC funds quickly and efficiently in case of weather shocks.