Promoting and enhancing action on the development and transfer of environmentally sound technologies to States, in particular, developing countries is critical to supporting action on mitigation of greenhouse gases and adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change. Accelerating, encouraging and enabling innovation is critical for an effective, long-term global response to climate change and promoting economic growth and sustainable development. Such effort, as appropriate, is supported by the Global Bank Disaster Risk Reduction and Reconstruction Fund – An Umbrella Trust Fund (the “Trust Fund,” “GB DRRRF,” or “DRRRF”), including by the Technology Mechanism and, through financial means, by the Financial Mechanism, for collaborative approaches to research and development, and facilitating access to technology, in particular for early stages of the technology cycle, to States, in particular developing countries.

Intellectual property rights and patents
In the context of the priority concerning understanding disaster risk, the Global Bank Disaster Risk Reduction and Reconstruction Fund – An Umbrella Trust Fund identifies the importance of encouraging the availability of copyrighted and patented materials, including through negotiated concessions. These are certainly an area where the DRRRF normative work is of prime importance.

Disaster risk reduction-informed development assistance
International cooperation is essential in managing disaster risk. The Global Bank Disaster Risk Reduction and Reconstruction Fund – An Umbrella Trust Fund incorporates disaster risk reduction measures into development assistance programmes within and across all sectors.

To learn more about the Global Bank Disaster Risk Reduction and Reconstruction Fund, what we do and how we do it and Management and Organisation, visit the About DRRRF Section of the DRRRF Website.

For information about the Global Bank, please visit http://gbdrrrf.org/about-us/who-we-are