"I pledge my fraternal solidarity with the people of Lebanon, and we share the pain and sorrows of the Lebanese people after the explosion that killed more than 220 people, wounded more than 4,000 and left an estimated 300,000 homeless in Beirut," said Ron Nechemia, Global Bank President...

Global Bank Group has offered humanitarian and development assistance to Lebanon after a massive explosion rocked its capital Beirut that killed more than 100 people and injured thousands on Tuesday, the President of Global Bank Group Ron Nechemia said.

Fires blazing around Australia are responsible for at least 28 deaths and destruction of at least 5,900 buildings, including approximately 2,683 homes. As of January 12, at least 18.6 million acres of Australia have burned in one of the country’s worst fire seasons on record. That’s an area larger than West Virginia or Denmark, and more than eight times the area that burned in California in 2018, the state’s most destructive year for wildfires.

Global Bank Group announces expansion to include conflict and fragility within the Global Bank GB-CERF programme. The launching of this expansion marks another milestone in addressing disasters, conflict, and fragility. It builds on the Global Bank Disaster Risk Reduction and Reconstruction Fund – An Umbrella Trust Fund (@GBDRRRF) (GB-DRRRF) and the Global Bank Adaptation and Resilience Action Plan. The Global Bank Central Emergency Response Fund was established in 2019, as a multi-donor partnership and grant-making financing mechanism. Its purpose is to ensure a more predictable, flexible, and timely response to disasters, conflict, and fragility.

Global Bank Disaster Risk Reduction and Reconstruction Fund works to raise tsunami awareness and share innovative approaches and technology to disaster risk reduction as a vehicle to promote a global culture of natural disaster reduction, including disaster prevention, mitigation, and preparedness.