Commitments and Recommendations to the UN Climate Action Summit
Why Governments Must Increase Investment in Flood Resilience
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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.