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News October 25, 2019

Call for Action & Launched Initiatives

Call for Action on Adaptation and Resilience: Co-leads Egypt and the United Kingdom, together with coalition partners Bangladesh, Malawi, the Netherlands and St Lucia, supported by the United Nations Development Programme, have developed this call for action. The call has been endorsed by 117 countries and 86 organisations and institutions as of 17 October 2019. […]

News October 25, 2019

Audio & Visual from Building a Resilient Future

Open Access Photography from Building a Resilient Future Please, note Global Resilience Partnership’s photo policy in the Privacy Policy. Livestream: Opening Plenary Parallel Sessions Closing Plenary

News October 15, 2019

GRP Resilience Insights Report Launched

A new Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and Itad report distils and illuminates the latest evidence from across the breadth of the GRP to inform future resilience programming at a time when it is more important than ever. Building resilience where it is needed the most The world is increasingly unpredictable with more people than […]

News August 30, 2019

Canada Commits CAD $2.5M to the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance to Build Coastal Resilience

G7 meeting, 26 August 2019, Biarritz, France Ocean and coastal resilience was a key topic during Canada’s 2018 G7 presidency. At this years’ G7 meeting, held in Biarritz, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau announced that the country would commit CAD $2.5 million ($1.9m) to support the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA) a new […]

News August 23, 2019

Connect with GRP at World Water Week 2019

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) is participating in three sessions at this year’s World Water Week and invites you to connect with us on site and online via the #wwweek hashtag. Our event sessions all focus on highlighting the successes, research tools, innovations and partnerships building resilient water and food secure communities around the globe. […]

News August 21, 2019

New Report: Ensuring Water Security in a Uncertain World

Wellspring, a new report authored by The Nature Conservancy, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) and the Global Resilience Partnership, highlights the importance of Source Water Protection for ensuring resilience and water security. Nine in ten natural disasters are water related. A problem is looming. Most water infrastructure isn’t designed to meet the demands […]

News August 11, 2019

Building a Resilient Future, 22 Sept 2019, NYC

Join the resilience movement ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit for an event that sets out ambitious and transformative actions needed to build resilience. Building a Resilient Future is a one day event held in advance of the UN Climate Action Summit (UNCAS) to reinforce the focus on resilience and the commitments expected […]

News August 5, 2019

We Finally Have an Official Climate Emergency. But is that the full picture?

From climate change to climate crisis and now a climate emergency, the growing debate around the language used for some of our biggest global challenges is missing the most important word for addressing them: resilience. We are just midway through the year and yet 2019 has already seen several unprecedented weather events from Cyclone […]

News July 3, 2019

Linking Science and Theatre to Empower Communities

How ‘Gangavazi‘ gives communities the opportunity to build resilience through the telling of their own stories. Bringing science and communities together through forum theatre can catalyse resilience building. The University of Exeter (UoE) and NGO S.A.F.E. worked together with communities on the south coast of Kenya to combine science with art to develop a […]

News June 28, 2019

GRP at London Climate Action Week

In December 2018 Sadiq Kahn, the Mayor of London declared a climate emergency. As part of a response to this declaration, the city will hold its first ever London Climate Action Week (LCAW) from 1-8 July. Climate experts from various sectors will run events across the city focusing on local, national, and international actions. […]