230000923 Water at the Heart of Climate Action: accelerating and scaling up water action to reduce risks and increase climate resilience. To adapt to a changing climate, a combination of early warning and early action measures that support integrated water management is necessary to protect the lives and livelihoods of the communities at-risk and to comprehensibly address water-related disasters. 1. Water-related risk knowledge and governance - accelerating the investment in risk-based decision making; 2. Observations, monitoring and forecasting of weather and water-related hazards - strengthening regional, national and local hydro-met capacity; 3. Water specific early warning systems, dissemination and communication - reducing the disconnection between communities and national level early warning systems; 4. Anticipatory Action and Locally Led Adaptation - integrating anticipatory action with longer term actions aimed at improving the climate resilience of communities with a user-centered approach; 5. Crosscutting activities - ensuring cross fertilization of learning and efficient knowledge management.