Preparing for crisis: Investing in climate adaptation & disaster resilience

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About the event

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The increasing frequency and intensity of climate hazards are ringing alarm bells globally. Disaster-related damages are being exacerbated by climate impacts causing devastating death, destruction and displacement. Investment in preventative and protective measures is of utmost importance and urgent, yet the funding gap continues to grow.

This event will explore what is needed to channel funding towards climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and loss and damage, to reduce the impact of disasters and protect lives and livelihoods.

Climate and natural disasters have surged over the past five decades, with widespread floods, droughts, heatwaves, earthquakes and wildfires causing catastrophic impacts across the world. In recent years, calls for an integrated approach to achieve the climate and disaster resilience objectives set out in the Sendai Framework, and Paris Agreement have been growing louder.

Despite the evidence that investment in disaster risk reduction is more effective at protecting lives and livelihoods and preventing economic losses, the finance gap for climate and disaster resilience continues to increase. A mindset shift is needed, moving from a short-term response outlook, which often neglects disaster risk reduction investment, to a resilience-led approach to decision-making processes.

This IIED Debates event, hosted in partnership with United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), will mark the launch of a new issue paper on the latest international and country trends in public expenditures on climate and disaster resilience. Our speakers will explore what needs to happen to channel funding to climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.

• What budgeting principles do we need to be ready for rather than respond to a crisis?
• What are the barriers and opportunities? How can we increase the coherence between disaster prevention and climate adaptation expenditure?
• What can the emerging experience with tagging budgets and tracking public expenditures on climate and disaster resilience and loss and damage tell us?
• And what is the role of governments, civil society, funders and NGOs?

About the speakers

Paul Steele (moderator) is chief economist at IIED. He specialises in the linkages between the environment, climate and poverty reduction.

Seon-Mi Choi is a climate specialist with disaster resilience expert who has worked for UNICEF, UNEP and UNDP

Lena Weingaertner is a research associate at ODI's risks and resilience programme, working on disaster risk management and financing.

Yacine Bio Tchané is an economist with 13 years of experience in public finance and international development across sub-Saharan Africa.

Abhilash Panda is head of financing prevention, de-risking investment and infrastructure resilience for UNDRR.

About IIED Debates

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Time

13:00 - 14:30 GMT