Climate change is making disasters more frequent, severe and costly, taking a heavy toll on nature and humanity.Investment in disaster risk reduction measures is crucial, but such investment remains disproportionately low in national budgets and international aid.This year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction calls for a decisive shift: funding for resilience must be raised immediately to avoid future costs of disasters.

The 30th UN Climate Conference will bring together world leaders, scientists, NGOs and civil society representatives to discuss priority actions to address climate change.The conference will focus on the actions needed to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the submission of new nationally determined contributions by countries and progress on financial commitments made at the 30th UN Climate Conference.