businesses , and the environment be more aware , and better able to adapt , respond and recover from the impacts of climate change .
“ This is most clearly evidenced by our international work , particularly for those developing countries and communities that are most at risk of flood , water and environmental threats , and most in need of resilience . For example , our support to the Start Network , with its network of over 80 aid agencies , to develop Disaster Risk Financing systems , allows civil society in-country to proactively manage disaster risks such as droughts , heatwaves , and floods . Their aim is to reduce the impacts of weather extremes and disasters by quantifying risks in advance of disasters , pre-positioning funds , and releasing them according to pre-agreed plans , enabling earlier action , reducing the costs of disasters and increasing climate resilience . In Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo , and working with the African Risk Capacity , in Cote D ’ Ivoire , Madagascar , Mozambique , Togo ,
Ghana and Malawi , JBA ’ s research in science and real-time modelling and forecasting is directly supporting development of systems to estimate populations likely to be impacted by flooding at a range of timescales from one to ten days ahead . We are able to draw on our existing investment in JBA research , models and datasets to deploy such forecasting systems rapidly upon project initiation , and support clients to integrate local models and data . Building local capacity and expertise to keep the DRF systems insurable and fit for purpose ,” he expresses .
Original thinking
It is also evidenced , at a project level , in the support the business provides clients in developing new policy , strategies , or tools to increase resilience or adapt to climate change . For example , the National Infrastructure Commission ( NIC ) tasked JBA to develop a model that could estimate the optimal investment in managing flood risk in England
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