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The recent COP26 summit in Glasgow confirmed the existential threat of the climate crisis to people and the planet, and local governments are no exception in having to face that challenge. An ever-expanding urban population leads to increasing demands for more city-level services, and these municipalities also shoulder the majority of the costs needed to adapt to more frequent and severe shocks from climate change. 

Many teams are already supporting the collection of disability-disaggregated data in a number of ways, and it is important for the World Bank’s Global Practice for Urban, Resilience and Land, which is spearheading resilience building, to join in these efforts. Doing so will support our government counterparts in upholding their commitments to the Sendai Framework, and put a much-needed emphasis on the importance of disability-inclusive disaster risk management in Africa.