Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals: The need for building resilience
Floods, which affect more people around the world than any other hazard, are undermining countries’ progress towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Climate change is also expected to make flooding worse. This brief calls on policymakers and donors to increase funding for building flood resilience and to incorporate resilience and systems thinking into national development plans and strategies, so that floods and other hazards do not derail countries’ efforts to reach the SDGs.