Track 2
NATIONAL
RAPID ASSESSMENT
To provide national city-specific rapid climate risk assessment of city development strategies and urban poverty programs. Details of the risk framework developed and tested on four cities — Buenos Aires, Delhi, Lagos, and New York. The objective is to redeploy planned and ongoing large-scale capital investment towards risk reduction at no incremental costs.
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Observed and Projected Precipitation • Buenos Aires • Delhi • Lagos • New York |
Source: Center for Climate Systems Research |
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Observed and Projected Temperature • Buenos Aires • Delhi • Lagos • New York |
Source: Center for Climate Systems Research |
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| Instruments Plans, programs, and projects |
Now Climate response is reactive |
Proposed Preventive climate response |
| City-wide development |
Systemic risk neglected Billions of dollars of investments, in private and public assets, most of which do not respond to climate hazards. |
Systemic risk accounted for With a few million dollars of investments in mainstreaming climate risk assessment, billions will be spent in systemic vulnerability reduction. |
| Pro-poor programs |
Vulnerability neglected Targeted social programs, most of which do not address climate hazards and differential vulnerability within cities. |
Vulnerability accounted for Pro-poor programs will become much more effective in reducing risks specific to the poor. |