A CLIMATE ACTION: $6 billion WHY IT MATTERS in disaster risk

1 A. $6 billion CLIMATE ACTION: USD investment WHY IT MATTERS in disaster risk reduction over What's the goal here? Taking urgent action to Are people's lives really being affected the next 15. tackle CLIMATE change and its impacts. by CLIMATE change? years would Yes. Severe weather and ris- Why? ing sea levels are affecting avoid losses people and their property CLIMATE change is caused by human activities and is in developed and develop- ing countries. From a small of $360. billion USD. threatening the way we live farmer in the Philippines to and the future of our planet. a businessman in London, By addressing CLIMATE CLIMATE change is affect- change, we can build a sus- ing everyone, especially tainable world for everyone. the poor and vulnerable, But we need to act now.

2 As well as marginalized groups like women, chil- dren, and the elderly. What happens if we In December 2015, the This sounds like a lot, world took a significant but consider that of the don't take action? first step by adopting the US$ trillion invested in If left unchecked, CLIMATE Paris Agreement, in which the global energy sup- change will undo a lot all countries committed ply in 2013, nearly 70%. of the progress made to take action to address was related to fossil fuels. over the past years in CLIMATE change. Many What's more is that the development. It can also businesses and investors estimated costs of mitiga- exacerbate, as we are are also committing them- tion do not account for the already seeing, current selves to lower their emis- benefits of reduced cli- threats such as food and sions through the CLIMATE mate change.

3 Investments water scarcity, which Action Agenda an effort of only $6 billion disaster can lead to conflict. born at the 2014 CLIMATE risk reduction over the Summit in New York to next 15 years would result Doing nothing will end bring governments, busi- in total benefits of the up costing us a lot more nesses and civil society $360 billion in terms of than if we take actions together to embark on avoided losses over the now that will lead to more new initiatives that pro- lifetime of the investment. jobs, greater prosperity, mote CLIMATE action. and better lives for all By acting now, we save while reducing green- How much would it cost lives, money, and avoid house gas emissions and setbacks in the progress building CLIMATE resilience. to solve this problem?

4 We have achieved to date. The way to think about Can we solve this problem it is not in terms of how What can I do to help or is it too late to act? expensive it will be, but achieve this goal? how much we need to We can definitely address There are many things invest and what invest- CLIMATE change, but we that each of us can do as ment opportunities there have to vastly increase individuals. To find out are to address CLIMATE our efforts. The world what you can do, go to: change. In total, pub- must transform its energy, lic- and private-sec- industry, transport, food, tor investment in clean sustainabledevelopment/. agriculture and forestry energy needs to reach takeaction/. systems to ensure that at least US$1 trillion per we can limit global tem- year by 2030, and more perature rise to well to build CLIMATE resilience.

5 Below 2 degrees, maybe even We also need to anticipate, adapt and become resilient to the current and future impacts of CLIMATE change.