The impacts of climate change are already widely apparent and are particularly devastating for an estimated four billion people living in the Global South of whom an estimated one billion live in informal settlements. Mitigation and adaptation efforts are urgently required to limit global warming to 1.5C to minimise the effects of climate change.
However, adaptation requires access to comprehensive and actionable information about climate risks and solutions to build climate resilience. Climate impact data and information on adaptation measures are siloed, fragmented, inconsistent, incomplete, and not universally accessible. This leads to redundancy in some areas while leaving gaps in others.
The Resilient Planet Initiative (RPI) addresses the critical need for accessible, comprehensive, and actionable information on climate risks and adaptation strategies through three interconnected digital platforms:
Data Hub: Centralises global data on climate risks, making it open and accessible.
Solutions Hub: Showcases best practices and actions taken by communities, businesses, and cities to enhance climate resilience.
Exchange Hub: Develops user-friendly apps to provide tailored climate risk information and solutions, empowering local communities to build resilience.
This event focuses on the plans to develop the Solution Hub and invites partners and organisations to join in a collaborative effort. It will also include a working session focused on climate data and adaptation classifications and taxonomies, exploring opportunities to integrate these platforms and frameworks, and identifying synergies to develop common approaches and taxonomies for adaptation based on best practices and science.
Register today to help co-create the Resilient Planet Initiative!
Presented by The New School’s Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, in collaboration with the Global Resilience Partnership, University of Oxford, Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC), Slum Dwellers International, Stockholm Environment Institute, CR2 at the University of Chile, and Ona.
Event Schedule
2pm EDT | Welcome and Introduction
Namrata Ginoya, Global Resilience Partnership (GRP)
Achilles Kallergis, New School – Zolberg Institute
2:10pm EDT | Introducing the Resilient Planet Initiative
David Howlett, Climate Champions Team
2:20 pm EDT | Why RPI is important for frontline communities and links to the Roof Over Our Head Campaign
Sheela Patel, Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC)
2:35 pm EDT | The Solutions Hub and Adaptation Classifications and Taxonomies
Namrata Ginoya, Global Resilience Partnership (GRP)
Francis Mason, Center for Climate Resilience Research (CR2), University of Chile
Sukaina Bharwani, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
Group Discussion
3:05 pm EDT | The Data Hub and Finance
Mark Berhhofen, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Group discussion
3:40 pm EDT | Bringing it all together – the Exchange Hub and App
Okal Otieno, ONA
3:55 pm EDT | Next steps
David Howlett, Climate Champions Team
4:00 pm EDT Closing followed by informal networking
This is an in-person event, some virtual participation may be available. If you are interested in participating virtually, please email: Namrata Ginoya at nrginoya.grp@gmail.com.
This event is part of NYC Climate Week 2024.
