Theme: Climate change

All in the Same Boat

Watch the documentary produced by the ResilNam project on women, Ecosystem Based Adaptation, and flood resilience in central Vietnam.  All in the Same Boat follows the lives of three women, Tran Thi Phong Tien, Le Thi Xuan Lan, and Le Thi Hoa. All the women have faced challenges in regards to flooding and recount their […]

Building Resilience is Central to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 1.5C Report

The 1.5°C report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) puts resilience of societies and Earth’s ecosystems at the heart of climate adaptation and mitigation. It goes further than previous IPCC reports, and sets the challenge of climate change within the context of sustainable development and planetary stewardship. It calls for climate-resilient development that […]

Event: Global ambition. Local action. Climate resilience for all.

Register for the Development and Climate Days 8-9 December 2018 (D&C Days 2018) event at COP 24 in Katowice, Poland.  D&C Days are held each year in the middle weekend during the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They aim to influence the “ambition mechanism” process […]

GRP at World Water Week

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, […]

Building a sustainable flood resilient future

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 […]

Building Resilience: Evidence and Actions side event at the HLPF

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 […]

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Report on Resilience: Evidence and Action Side event, at HLPF18

In an increasingly turbulent and unpredictable world new approaches to development are needed to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We face a new reality: disasters and shocks are occurring more frequently and chronic stresses are lasting longer. We need to ensure that all people, especially in developing countries, have prosperous lives and are resilient to these shocks and stresses. Recognising this challenge, the UK, Sweden, Germany and Uganda, with the Global Resilience Partnership, sponsored a side event at the High Level Political Forum.

GRP Events at the High Level Political Forum in New York

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 Supports 12th Community Based Adaptation Conference

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 […]

Houses that Float on Water

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 […]