National Treasury advised by World Bank on climate insurance, contingency fund options

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National Treasury advised by World Bank on climate insurance, contingency fund options

The country may take out climate insurance or establish a contingency fund to deal with major adverse weather events.The World Bank is advising South Africa’s National Treasury on a climate risk strategy after floods in recent years caused billions of dollars of damage.

"National Treasury is receiving technical support from the World Bank to develop the disaster risk response strategy which will address any gaps in financing, flow of funds and data for effective monitoring," the agency said in a response to questions. The province has since been hit by other severe floods, as have the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape provinces, while wildfires torched 1.8 million hectares of grazing land across three provinces — North West, Free State and the Northern Cape — last year.

Source: Insurance Report (insurancereport.net)

 

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