Theme: Nature based solutions

Webinar: Learning from Failure and Scaling of Resilience-Building Initiatives

GRP and Itad hosted a webinar on 29 April that looked into lessons learnt from GRP’s Challenge Funds.

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.

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 […]

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 […]

Resilience Insights

The Resilience Insights Report distils and illuminates the latest evidence from across the breadth of the Global Resilience Partnership to inform future resilience programming at a time when it is more important than ever.

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 […]

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: […]

Global Resilience Challenge Unveils Winning Solutions to Toughest Development Challenges

The Global Resilience Partnership announced today funding for eight teams to implement transformative resilience solutions to problems that threaten the lives and livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations in countries including Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Philippines and Uganda. Teams participated in the Global Resilience Challenge, a multi-stage design competition that received nearly 500 […]

16 Teams Selected to Develop Innovative Solutions to Global Resilience Challenges

The Global Resilience Partnership today announced 16 teams selected to move forward in the Global Resilience Challenge. Teams were chosen from among nearly 500 applicants across six continents. In applying for the Global Resilience Challenge, teams were asked to submit their vision and plan for taking a multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral approach to solving the greatest […]

Global Resilience Challenge Teams Undergoing Final Consideration

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Global Resilience Challenge. A list of selected teams for Stage One of the Global Resilience Challenge have been recommended for advancement to Stage Two. These teams are currently undergoing final consideration and approval processes and a public announcement will be made as soon as this process is […]