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 […]
Twelve innovative projects will share a US$10 million competition pool to tackle flooding in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. The partnership between the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and Z Zurich Foundation of Zurich Insurance, sees grants of up to US$1m awarded to teams offering innovative solutions to issues affecting flood-prone communities in the […]
United Nations Peacekeepers, Haitian government agencies, international organizations, and residents, work to distribute food and emergency supplies, and to repair the massive damage caused by the passage of Hurricane Matthew in the western Haitian town of Les Cayes. Photo by: U.N. Last month Hurricane Matthew hit the southwestern Haitian city of Jérémie, killing hundreds and […]
At last month’s General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA) meetings in New York, partners agreed to mobilize and accelerate action for building climate resilience. The platform for this mobilization is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s initiative on Climate Resilience known as A2R (Anticipate, Absorb, Reshape) which was launched at the Paris Climate Conference in 2015. […]
Erratic weather patterns, a generally accepted indicator of climate change, have a major impact on the water supply in communities. Extreme weather — intense rainfalls, drought, or simply untimely rains — has a serious impact on the availability of safe and clean water, soil degradation and erosion, and ultimately agricultural production, nutrition and health. In […]
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 […]
What comes to mind when you think hazards and disasters? Earthquakes, droughts, war? You might be surprised to know that flooding is the most devastating of environmental hazards across the world. Flood victims constitute the vast majority of people adversely affected by environmental events. Moreover, these are often the poorest, most vulnerable families, living in […]
What comes to mind when you think hazards and disasters? Earthquakes, droughts, war? You might be surprised to know that flooding is the most devastating of environmental hazards across the world. Flood victims constitute the vast majority of people adversely affected by environmental events. Moreover, these are often the poorest, most vulnerable families, living in […]
In our experience, necessity breeds opportunity. The most vulnerable communities are often the ones who are at greatest risk of the effects of changing climates and economies. Local communities deal with these complex challenges every day, giving them unique knowledge of the nuances required to overcome them. We know that we need to harness these […]
The Global Resilience Partnership announced today funding for eight teams to implement transformative resilience solutions to problems that threaten the lives and livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations in countries including Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Philippines and Uganda. Teams participated in the Global Resilience Challenge, a multi-stage design competition that received nearly 500 […]
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