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News April 29, 2016

Water Window Opens for Registration

Today I am pleased to announce that the Water Window is officially open for registration – I look forward to seeing innovative solutions to build flood resilience in at-risk communities. The Water Window, established in partnership with the Zurich Insurance Group and the Z Zurich Foundation, is a community-based innovation challenge to find the best […]

News April 20, 2016

WaterWindow: An issue, a challenge and an online conversation

Floods are one of the main disaster risks globally. Recognizing that only the most inventive ideas will effectively tackle this issue, the Global Resilience Partnership has launched the Global Resilience Challenge Water Window. The challenge is a joint association between Zurich Insurance Group and the Resilience Partnership. It offers up to US$1 million in grants […]

News April 18, 2016

How would you make flood-prone communities resilient?

Floods are one of the main disaster risks globally. Recognizing that only the most inventive ideas will effectively tackle this issue, the Global Resilience Partnership — convened by the Rockefeller Foundation, Sida, and the United States Agency for International Development — has launched the Global Resilience Challenge Water Window. The challenge is a joint association […]

News April 13, 2016

Waterwindow Amplifying The Conversation On Flood Resilience

When people are prepared, they are much more resilient to catastrophic climate-related events — including droughts and floods. With the variability of water resources only set to increase with climate change, the risk of disasters outstripping the capacity of governments, humanitarian aid and global development actors to adapt represents a clear and present danger to […]

News April 13, 2016

How to achieve flood resilience? Embrace innovation

Floods are now causing more economic, social and humanitarian losses worldwide than any other type of natural hazard and are affecting 250 million people each year on average, according to the U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. With climate change, population growth and urbanization, the problem is only expected to worsen in the coming years. […]

News March 22, 2016

Registration open for Global Resilience Challenge’s Water Window

The Global Resilience Challenge’s US$10million “Water Window” offers up to US$1m in grants for innovative solutions to issues affecting flood prone communities across the Sahel, the Horn of Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Registration is now open online from 29 March, registered entrants will be able to submit Concept Notes to be eligible for […]

News January 28, 2016

Planning for the Effects of El Niño

While we are only just into 2016, we are already hearing forecasts about the impacts of the current El Niño on vulnerable communities around the world. Climatologists are predicting this phase of El Niño is likely to be one of the strongest in recorded history. Droughts, floods and other extreme weather exacerbated by El Niño […]

News December 23, 2015

Investing in Resilience in 2016

As we close out 2015 and look to next year and new opportunities for the Global Resilience Partnership, I wanted to introduce myself. I joined the Global Resilience Partnership as the first Executive Director last month, but I am not new to the challenges and opportunities of increasing the resilience of poor and marginalized communities. […]

News November 30, 2015

Resilience Day at COP21 Marks Important Shift

As representatives gather in Paris to establish a global plan to address climate change, there are early signs that an important shift is taking place. The Paris Climate Conference, COP21, will feature the first ever “Resilience Day,” bringing a focus on how to help communities to prepare for, adapt to, and recover from climate stresses […]

News October 15, 2015

Global Resilience Challenge Team Describes Winning Solution

The East Africa Field Director for the Trans African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory (TAHMO), Zachary Dunn, recently shared the news of his team’s selection as a winning team in the Global Resilience Challenge and discussed their resilience solution. Dunn gave a summary of what the team and their partners are planning to do with their Challenge funding: […]