Climate-Related Disasters Cost Nearly $400 Billion in 2017

In conclusion, finance is key to invest in the future.Together we need to shape and guide financial systems, regulations and measures to be fit for this purpose.There cannot be one grand plan. This we know. But there needs to be one grand ambition.We can scale up through the actions of many, and by working together. Ambition means a concrete commitment to change course, represented through visible action.Ambition means continuous experimentation and innovation, rapid feedback and learning, and pushing the boundaries for scale in line with this commitment.Ambition means acceptance that solutions will come from diverse places, institutions and people, working together.In September 2019, as we move forward, the Secretary-General has signalled that he will bring together heads of state and government, key stakeholders, including you in the room to ensure that ambition is sufficiently calibrated for 2020 and beyond.Time is against us and I ask that you bring with you all the partners that can make the Paris Agreement a reality.The United Nations will continue to play its many roles in catalysing finance to address climate and other development challenges; and to do this not just at global level, but also at regional, and very important, at the country level.Globally, we can convene the actors that together can make a difference; bring our deep working knowledge of country contexts across the world; continue our core work on peace and security and humanitarian action to de-conflict...
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