Water at COP25: Resilience enables climate change adaptation through better planning,governance and finance

摘要

Increasing resilience of water-environment-human systems (i.e., improving their robustness and adaptability) is key to enabling climate change adaptation. Resilience can be achieved through improved planning, delivered by open and strategic co-design, more effective and responsive water governance, and finance and financial services that align investment incentives with increased system-scale resilience. Water can be an enabling component in NDCs, helping countries meet their goals for climate change mitigation and adaptation.