Principles on investment and financing for water-related disaster risk reduction

The High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP), the network to mobilize political will for combating water-related disasters, has developed the “Principles on Investment and Financing for Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction,” acknowledged by the High-Level Panel on Water. The Principles are in coherence with the Sendai Framework, the Paris Agreement, the New Urban Agenda, as well as the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, and contribute to the respective Sustainable Development Goals.

From 2017 to 2019, extensive consultations on earlier drafts of the Principles took place in HELP and regional meetings worldwide, inviting over 200 experts from 50 countries. The Principles are supported with a background document which provides further rationale, the linkages to the global frameworks, and literature-based factual evidence underpinning the economic cases for financing approaches. 

The background document, which comprises the bulk of this publication, provides a summary of evidence related to the economic case for investment in water-related disaster risk reduction measures and financing approaches.