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News August 27, 2016

Take a fluid approach to build fresh water resilience

Water is a dynamic and variable resource, with shifting and changing states and flows. In one of our more foolish endeavors, however, rather than embrace this dynamism, humans have continually tried — and failed — to control water. We succeed — for a time. Sometimes even for decades. But these are pyrrhic victories, and water […]

News August 17, 2016

A new journal article published by Meta Meta, a GRP partner, looking at roads for resilience: turning a problem into an opportunity.

Abstract Roads have both positive and negative impacts in the areas surrounding them. With the expansion of roads growing at an inexorable speed in Ethiopia and all Sub-Saharan Africa, these impacts need to be well understood. A questionnaire was used to gather information on road-related impacts on the rural population. A total of 529 sample […]

News August 12, 2016

Taking the fight to the floods

Natural disasters come in many different forms, yet their devastating impact on vulnerable communities remains the same. Worryingly, what also remains the same is today’s aid and development approach, and the way it fails to successfully address these disasters. Floods cause more damage worldwide than any other type of natural disaster, costing the global economy […]

News August 5, 2016

Asia-Pacific needs stronger financial preparedness for disasters

Asia and the Pacific is one of the regions that is most vulnerable to natural disasters and the effects of climate change. And yet, most governments have limited financing arrangements for disaster response and the levels of disaster insurance penetration are very low. As part of its efforts to help its developing member countries boost […]

News July 28, 2016

Money matters: will global aid spending ever be enough?

Shortly before the recent World Humanitarian Summit, UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon called for the percentage of global aid spent annually on disaster risk reduction to be doubled to 1%, bringing the figure to USD $1 billion. Following this, British charity Christian Aid called for the percentage to be raised to 5%, publishing a report […]

News June 15, 2016

Engage women in building disaster resilience

Women and girls are at great risk in areas of crisis, where 60 percent of maternal mortality occurs. So how can we scale up reproductive efforts to victims of natural or man-made disasters, including flooding and conflict? In an exclusive Devex interview, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehim, undersecretary-general of the United Nations and executive director of the […]

News June 9, 2016

Why the Gates Foundation is flooding a new rice variety with funding

When Bill and Melinda Gates traveled to Bihar, India, one of the most flood-prone regions in the country, they saw how a new form of rice that can survive underwater is helping farmers adapt to the consequences of climate change. While normal rice wears itself out in floods, eventually dying and leaving a brown field […]

News May 24, 2016

World Humanitarian Summit: GRP bolsters resilience portfolio – announcing its engagement with two new support networks

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) announced its engagement with two new support networks to strengthen its resilience portfolio. The Global Resilience Partnership, which aims to help millions of vulnerable people across the globe prepare for unexpected shocks and adapt to chronic stresses so they can thrive in a more secure future, will engage with both […]

News May 24, 2016

Innovative visions: A look through the WaterWindow

Floods hit upwards of 250 million people each year, causing more economic and human losses than any other kind of natural hazard. The situation is not getting any better. Of the 15 most costly insured natural and man-made catastrophes since 1974, 12 have occurred since 2000 — and 10 of the 15 have involved flooding. […]

News April 29, 2016

Water Window Opens for Registration

Today I am pleased to announce that the Water Window is officially open for registration – I look forward to seeing innovative solutions to build flood resilience in at-risk communities. The Water Window, established in partnership with the Zurich Insurance Group and the Z Zurich Foundation, is a community-based innovation challenge to find the best […]