Report: The Most Vulnerable Countries Receive the Least Funding to Tackle Climate Change and the Water Crisis
March 05, 2020
March 05, 2020
NEW YORK, March 5 -- WaterAid America issued the following news release:
Clean water is the first line of defense against climate impacts, but a new report by WaterAid finds that only 5% of climate finance is spent on adaptation. Even less is spent in the most vulnerable countries, and less still on vital services like clean water, placing billions of lives at risk.
* Half of all countries receive less than $5.20 per person, per year in climate finance for both climate . . .
Clean water is the first line of defense against climate impacts, but a new report by WaterAid finds that only 5% of climate finance is spent on adaptation. Even less is spent in the most vulnerable countries, and less still on vital services like clean water, placing billions of lives at risk.
* Half of all countries receive less than $5.20 per person, per year in climate finance for both climate . . .