Report Risk-informed Early Action Partnership: from commitment to action

Building on the REAP Framework for Action and prior engagement of senior stakeholders, this high-level dialogue “The Risk-informed Early Action: from Commitment to Action”, co-hosted with the Wilton Park and with co-sponsorship from the Governments of the United Kingdom and Saint Lucia, brought together existing and prospective country partners to prepare and discuss commitments towards achieving. [...] As the Ministerial segment continued, representatives of some of the most climate- vulnerable countries called for more adaptation investment due to the critical economic impacts of disaster on affected people and communities – as in the case of Antigua and Barbuda. [...] As the event drew to a close, concluding remarks recapped the rich discussion stressing the sense of urgency of the EWEA agenda, noting that the existing evidence base for the early warning early action approach demonstrates it is cheaper, more efficient, and more dignified for the affected population, yet with 1 in 3 people still not covered by EWS and only a limited percentage of the required hu. [...] As a partnership, partners need to maintain the momentum and energy, building on the foundation of the partnership that has been set in place and capitalising upon every opportunity to profile and further the REAP agenda. [...] The REAP Secretariat would continue to keep the momentum and increase it in the run-up to COP26 in November, being a major platform for encouraging additional partners to join and invited all the participants to consider themselves as REAP Ambassadors and to catalyse action from all of the opportunities discussed and highlighted during the event.