Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on

Climate Change Adaptation for International Transport: Preparing for the Future

16 to 17 April 2019

Climate Resilient Transport Financing, Insuring, Investing and

Partnering

Presentation by

Daniel Kull Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist

World Bank/GFDRR

This expert paper is reproduced by the UNCTAD secretariat in the form and language in which it has been received.

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the UNCTAD.

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CLIMATE RESILIENT TRANSPORTFinancing, Insuring, Investing and Partnering

Daniel Kull

Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist

Geneva, Switzerland

World Bank Climate Finance

IBRD + IDA

(US$ millions)Sectoral 2018

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“The integrated landscape management nexus brings together agriculture, forestry, environment, water, and transport to improve overall productivity and sustainability measured in economic and ecological terms. “

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Risk Financing and Insurance

Business Interruption Insurance

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Resilience Financing Across Infrastructure Lifecycle

Methodology: Mainstreaming Climate Resilience in

Road Transport Management in Serbia

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Risk Assessment: Strengthening Critical

Infrastructure against Natural Hazards in Tajikistan

Bridge Glacial

Lake

Outburst

Flood Landslide Snow

Avalanche

B1

B2

B3

B4

B5

B6

B7

B8

B9

B10

B11

Vanj River near Chikhok

(Bridge B6)

Risk Mitigation: Dedicated Freight Corridor

Corporation of India Ltd.

• Continuous Welded Rails (CWRs)

• Re-Railing Ramps

• Guard Rails on all the Bridges

• Height Gauges on all Road Under Bridges (RUBs)

• Inspection Platform around Piers and Abutments

• Design of Structures taking into Seismic, Hydrological, Wind

Forces Consideration

• Safety Fenders around Piers in Navigation Channels

• State of the Art Inspection and Monitoring Systems

• Safety Wall on Top of Cuttings and in Dense Habitation Area

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WHO WE ARE

Housed by the World Bank, we are a global partnership platform of over 50 leading actors representing all modes of transportation with a

shared ambition to achieve sustainable mobility

OUR SHARED VISION

A world where the global mobility system is an important part of the solution to addressing 21st century global challenges

Climate change Poverty reduction

Access to social services including education and health

Economic development and jobs

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OUR AMBITION

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Connect all people,

including women, and

communities to economic

and social opportunities.

UNIVERSAL ACCESS

Optimize its predictability,

reliability and cost-

effectiveness

EFFICIENCY

Abate the environmental

footprint of mobility

(GHG emissions, noise

and air pollution)

GREEN

Drastically reduce

fatalities, injuries, and

crashes

(SDG Target 3.6)

SAFETY

Transforming the global mobility system, across modes

THANK YOU FOR

YOUR ATTENTION!

Daniel Kull

Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist

Geneva, Switzerland