GRP is involved in and/or organising the following sessions at the 2018 World Water. Please come and participate and say hello! We look forward to seeing you there! Monday – 27 August – 14:00 – 15:30 – Room: NL357 Water, biodiversity and development: A magic formula for the SDGs Convenors: ADB, AFD, DFID, GEF, GRP, […]
Event, Wednesday 29 August 2018 in partnership with Z Zurich Foundation and IUCN. A World Water Week affiliate event Floods cause more damage worldwide than any other type of natural disaster and cause some of the largest economic, social and humanitarian losses. This session will showcase the outcomes of the $10-million-dollar Water Window Challenge funded […]
Findings from a post-shock monitoring study Blog post by Arzu Culhaci, Mercy Corps _________________________________________________________________________ A quiet, somber look flickers across Laxmi Magar’s face, abruptly replacing the warm and settled smile that was there just moments ago. The subject of last August’s devastating floods has quickly changed the mood, and understandably so – the event wreaked havoc […]
On July 16, 2018 GRP convened the side event, Building Resilience: Evidence and Action, at the UN High Level Political Forum. The meeting was opened by UK’s UN Permanent Representative, Karen Pierce, who underlined the moral imperative to tackle climate change and that unless action was taken global poverty would increase. Johan Rockström (SRC Executive […]
The United Nations will convene a High Level Political Forum, “transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies” from July 9th to the 18th In New York. The forum will review five of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDGs 6, 7, 11, 12 and 15. GRP will be at the forum to explore if we are on […]
GRP Grantees will be sharing their lessons on local level climate action in Lilongwe, Malawi 11-14 June. The conference is being organised by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in partnership with the Climate Justice Resilience Fund, GIZ, the Global Resilience Partnership, the International Development Research Centre, Irish Aid and Practical Action. Four GRP grantees will be attending the event and […]
Currently the Global Conservation Director at WWF, Nel will officially begin 1 August 2018. Dr. Deon Nel, a central figure in WWF’s global conservation programme has been selected as the new chief executive officer (CEO) for the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP). The GRP is an independent partnership of public and private organisations joining forces to […]
On the 20th-21st March 2018, GRP will host its next Partnership Meeting. The GRP Partnership Council (PC), which was formed in 2015, is made up of organisations active in resilience which have agreed to work together to achieve GRP’s objective. Partnership Members include: The World Bank, The Global Environment Facility, USAID, DFID, Sida, Zurich Insurance, […]
Photo by Tony Lam Hoang on Unsplash A Water Window project honored at COP 23 as a Best Climate Practice. The Buoyant Foundation Project (BFD), Development of Amphibious Homes for Marginalized and Vulnerable Populations led by architecture professor Dr. Elizabeth English of the University of Waterloo, Canada was honored as a Best Climate Practice. The […]
Vacancies at GRP POSTED ON 13 FEBRUARY 2018 SENIOR PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR KNOWLEDGE AND NETWORKS TO THE GLOBAL RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP The Global Resilience Partnership is currently seeking an individual for the position of Senior Program Coordinator for Knowledge and Networks. Headquartered at the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) at Stockholm University the person will coordinate resilience […]
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