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Article January 13, 2020

GRP x Rethink: Imagine all the people – a resilient future in 2050

The year is 2050, world population has reached 10 billion and the vast majority of people live in cities. The biosphere – for decades under catastrophic pressure – experienced a turn of fortune in 2030, when the sustainable development goals were declared a success. Climate change was halted below 2 degrees. Ecosystem restoration and protection secured degrading ecosystem services and coastlines. Investments in agriculture created resilient supply chains, and financial innovations placed resources in the hands of local communities. The tide was turned.

News December 13, 2019

GRP and UNDP win Global Environment Facility Challenge Award

Global Resilience Partnership collaborating with UNDP were selected among a total of nine projects announced as winners of the Global Environment Facility’s inaugural Challenge Program for Adaptation Innovation, a new competition supporting private sector solutions to build resilience in developing countries.

News November 12, 2019

Investing in Resilience: A Destination with Many Routes

Global Resilience Partnership’s 38 challenge winners are cutting multiple paths towards a resilient future, as our recent Investing in Resilience forum on 5 November 2019 showcased in London.

News November 12, 2019

GRP at COP25 in Madrid

COP25 takes place from December 2-13, 2019 in Madrid, Spain.

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 25, 2019

Building a Resilient Future Event Documents

Building a Resilient Future Outcome Document Headline messages from ‘Building a Resilient Future’ prepared for the United Nations Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit Session Concept Notes: Session 1_The Intersection of Climate and Conflict Risk Session 2_Stepping up actions to build resilient food systems Session 3_Resilience Programming and Capacity Building Session 4_ Accelerating Resilience through Scaling […]

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 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 September 24, 2019

Innovation Challenge Winners Announced

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) is delighted to announce the 16 winners of the latest GRP Innovation Challenge. The winning initiatives aim to build resilience at the intersection of Peace & Stability, Food & Water Security, and Disaster Resilience in the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, South Asia and Southeast Asia. The challenge winners […]

News September 16, 2019

UN Climate Action Summit Call to Action: Resilience & Adaptation Initiatives

Civil society representatives, businesses, governments and other organisations are invited to support the UN Climate Action Summit (UNCAS) Call for Action on resilience and adaptation by Wednesday 18th September. Under their co-leadership of the resilience and adaptation strand for UNCAS, the governments of UK and Egypt , in partnership with Malawi, Bangladesh, St Lucia, the Netherlands and […]