06/25/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/25/2021 11:04
Adaptation Cannot Be Forgotten Piece of Climate Equation, Secretary-General Stresses, in Remarks to Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres remarks to the fifth United Nations Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters: Building Back Better towards a More Resilient and Sustainable Post-COVID-19 World , in Brussels today:
It is a great pleasure to join this Special Session. I thank the Member States, the High-Level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters, and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies of Japan for organizing it.
For decades, natural disasters have been one of the major causes of worsening poverty, forcing some 26 million people into poverty each year and reversing developmental gains. Such natural disasters are almost always connected to water, whether through floods, storms, droughts, tsunamis or landslides.
UN Secretary-General s Remarks to the Fifth UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters [as delivered] - World
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Adaptation Cannot Be Forgotten Piece of Climate Equation, Secretary-General Stresses, in Remarks to Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters - World
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