Building Urban Water Resilience: From Cities to National Climate Commitments

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Written By Sam Storr

COP30 Event

How the Water Resilience Tracker (WRT) and the City Water Resilience Approach (CWRA) can help governments and cities operationalise climate commitments by linking national policies with local implementation

Date: 12 November

Time: 9:00

Place: Water for Climate Pavilion

This session showcases how evidence-based tools enable reporting, accountability, and scaling of locally led actions in urban and basin contexts. By linking national climate commitments (NDCs/NAPs) with measurable local water resilience outcomes, it highlights lessons from applying the Water Resilience Tracker (WRT) and City Water Resilience Approach (CWRA) in multiple cities and countries:

  • Evidence-based tools like WRT and CWRA bridge the gap between national targets and local action.

  • Urban water resilience is central to achieving broader climate adaptation and just transition goals.

  • Multi-level governance and data-driven collaboration are key for scaling water resilience investments.

  • Partnerships are essential to expand adoption of resilience frameworks ahead of UN Water 2026.

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