40% of the world is projected to live in vulnerable housing by 2030. Dr Elizabeth Hausler and Monica Schroeder from Build Change show how financing improvements to existing housing stock is one way to provide climate-resilient housing at the scale required.
Climate change has the potential to wipe out decades of progress in improving the lives and livelihoods of people living in the developing world, just as the COVID-19 pandemic has done over the past 18 months. But innovation offers solutions that can accelerate development progress. Despite the funding that has been directed towards climate action […]
Freetown, Sierra Leone, is taking the lead to grapple with extreme heat in this fast-expanding African city. This week Mayor Aki-Sawyerr has appointed a Chief Heat Officer, a city official focused on heat and protecting the well-being of city residents. Kathy Baughman McLeod reports from the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center.
During the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Global Resilience Partnership will be in engaged in a number of events and activities.
For 11 years, Climate Action has been uniting heads of state and multilaterals, environment ministers, business leaders, investors, and NGOs alongside the UN Climate Change negotiations, convening the largest multi-stakeholder forum: Sustainable Innovation Forum. The 12th edition takes place alongside COP26 in Glasgow with a fully programmed hybrid event creating a virtual window into COP26, connecting […]
The COP Resilience Hub will be a virtual and physical presence alongside COP from 1-12 November 2021, putting the focus on climate adaptation and resilience.
The COP Resilience Hub will be a virtual and physical presence alongside COP from 1-12 November 2021, putting the focus on climate adaptation and resilience.
The 2nd World Forum on Climate Justice comes on the back of the success of the inaugural Forum held in June 2019 at Glasgow Caledonian University, which featured keynotes from distinguished speakers including Mary Robinson, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP and Kerry Kennedy. The Forum was attended by over 150 delegates from around the world. The 2nd World […]
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