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GRP Supports 12th Community Based Adaptation Conference

GRP Grantees will be sharing their lessons on local level climate action in Lilongwe, Malawi 11-14 June. The conference is being organised by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in partnership with the Climate Justice Resilience Fund, GIZ, the Global Resilience Partnership, the International Development Research Centre, Irish Aid and Practical Action. Four GRP grantees will be attending the event and […]

GRP welcomes new CEO, Deon Nel

Currently the Global Conservation Director at WWF, Nel will officially begin 1 August 2018. Dr. Deon Nel, a central figure in WWF’s global conservation programme has been selected as the new chief executive officer (CEO) for the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP). The GRP is an independent partnership of public and private organisations joining forces to […]

GRP’s Partnership Meeting is Coming Up

On the 20th-21st March 2018, GRP will host its next Partnership Meeting. The GRP Partnership Council (PC), which was formed in 2015, is made up of organisations active in resilience which have agreed to work together to achieve GRP’s objective. Partnership Members include: The World Bank, The Global Environment Facility, USAID, DFID, Sida, Zurich Insurance, […]

Houses that Float on Water

Photo by Tony Lam Hoang on Unsplash A Water Window project honored at COP 23 as a Best Climate Practice. The Buoyant Foundation Project (BFD), Development of Amphibious Homes for Marginalized and Vulnerable Populations led by architecture professor Dr. Elizabeth English of the University of Waterloo, Canada was honored as a Best Climate Practice. The […]