Wildfire events, driven by climate change and human activities, pose significant risks to populations, infrastructure, and natural assets across diverse landscapes. To effectively inform policy decisions, financial planning, and disaster risk management strategies, accurate and regionally-consistent probabilistic risk analysis is crucial.

Recent advancements in wildfire modeling have enabled more sophisticated and granular analyses, integrating climate projections, ignition sources, and fire spread mechanisms. This Consultancy will leverage these advancements to deliver a comprehensive probabilistic wildfire risk analysis across selected regions. The outcomes of this analysis will directly support the "Scaling up Private Investment in Reforestation for Global Public Goods, Jobs and Growth in Latin America" project[1] and contribute to the World Bank’s broader efforts to enhance disaster preparedness and resilience.

This Consultancy is part of the World Bank’s Technical Assistance project focused on enhancing financial resilience through improved risk analytics and disaster preparedness. It aligns with the objectives of the Global Partnership for Sustainable and Resilient Landscapes (PROGREEN), a multi-donor umbrella program housed at the World Bank. PROGREEN addresses pressing global challenges such as biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, and ecosystem restoration by supporting national and regional sustainable landscape programs and generating knowledge to inform the design and implementation of these multisectoral initiatives. Through PROGREEN, countries are better equipped to meet their national and global sustainable development goals, including poverty reduction, in a cost-effective manner.

The primary focus of this Consultancy is to provide model outputs that will serve as inputs into the technical analysis to be conducted by the World Bank.

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ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

Assignment Title: Wildfire Risk Analysis in Latin America

Assignment Countries:

- Not Country Related

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION

Wildfireevents, driven by climate change and human activities, pose significant risksto populations, infrastructure, and natural assets across diverse landscapes.To effectively inform policy decisions, financial planning, and disaster riskmanagement strategies, accurate and regionally-consistent probabilistic riskanalysis is crucial.

Recentadvancements in wildfire modeling have enabled more sophisticated and granularanalyses, integrating climate projections, ignition sources, and fire spreadmechanisms. This Consultancy will leverage these advancements to deliver acomprehensive probabilistic wildfire risk analysis across selected regions. Theoutcomes of this analysis will directly support the "Scaling up PrivateInvestment in Reforestation for Global Public Goods, Jobs and Growth in LatinAmerica" project[1] andcontribute to the World Bank’s broader efforts to enhance disaster preparednessand resilience.

ThisConsultancy is part of the World Bank’s Technical Assistance project focused onenhancing financial resilience through improved risk analytics and disasterpreparedness. It aligns with the objectives of the Global Partnership forSustainable and Resilient Landscapes (PROGREEN), a multi-donor umbrella programhoused at the World Bank. PROGREEN addresses pressing global challenges such asbiodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, and ecosystem restorationby supporting national and regional sustainable landscape programs andgenerating knowledge to inform the design and implementation of thesemultisectoral initiatives. Through PROGREEN, countries are better equipped tomeet their national and global sustainable development goals, including povertyreduction, in a cost-effective manner.

The primaryfocus of this Consultancy is to provide model outputs that will serve as inputsinto the technical analysis to be conducted by the World Bank.

FUNDING SOURCE

The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following:

• BB: Bank Budget
• TF0C5358: PROGRN

ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility restrictions apply:

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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The World Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI, they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP) phase.

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NOTES

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