COP26

A report published today concludes that speedy and collaborative action is key to adapting to climate change. The report summarises the findings of an international events series hosted by UKRI in the run up to the COP26.

The report summarises the findings of an international events series hosted by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) last year in the run up to the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow.

The scientific and policy making communities have long since recognized that Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), climate action, and sustainable development are inextricably linked.

This report synthesises the main messages from the Resilience Hub and aims to help set the direction for future action towards COP27 and beyond.

This report provides a vital snapshot of the overall progress that governments have made in the field of health and climate change to date, as well as insight into what work remains in order to protect their populations from the most devastating health impacts of climate change. 

The impact of climate change and how to respond to it is the defining political debate of our era. There are two forms this response can take – reacting to environmental disasters by providing financial and technical assistance to affected areas.

For a growing number of populations around the world, facing a future of more frequent and extreme disasters will only be possible if more funding is channelled towards adaptation and disaster risk reduction, writes Mami Mizutori.

On Monday 8 November, the Governments of Finland, Sweden the UK and US made public declarations to support risk-informed early action that will help make one billion people safer from climate-related disasters by 2025.

The Federal Environment Ministry of Germany (BMU) announced it will provide an additional €10m to the Global EbA Fund, which aims to harness biodiversity and ecosystem services to build the resilience of communities to the impacts of climate change.

Canada, Germany, the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom announced funding to support national adaptation planning and action in developing countries to build the climate resilience of vulnerable communities and ecosystems.