Commitments and Recommendations to the UN Climate Action Summit

Why Governments Must Increase Investment in Flood Resilience

Mercy Corps staff and locals crossing flooded areas on foot. — Climate change means that devastating storms, such as Hurricane Matthew that hit Haiti in 2016, are becoming more frequent and more damaging.

January 09, 2019

Climate change is increasing the severity and unpredictability of flooding, destroying lives and livelihoods.

The Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance - of which Mercy Corps is a member - commits to actions to build flood resilience and urges governments at the UN Climate Action Summit to commit to greater investment in flood resilience, including through climate-smart, risk-informed development.

This must include ambitious adaptation and disaster risk reduction (DRR) funding pledges and policy reforms.