Financing the resilient city: a demand driven approach to development, disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation
This ICLEI white paper provides a conceptual framework for better understanding how to integrate climate and other risk reduction measures in urban areas and systems. It considers resilience as an economic and performance model with far reaching implications. The report calls for more locally responsive climate financing investment strategies and instruments. It also sets the scene for and provides a valuable contribution to the ongoing international discussions on climate financing for adaptation; how it can be mobilized, leveraged and innovated for the local level.