Policy

GRP works to build a diverse movement of organisations to raise the ambition on resilience and increase investments to where it is needed the most. We ensure that those at the frontline of resilience challenges play a leading role in this endeavor.

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Policy Events & Convenings

GRP convenes diverse voices through a number of regional and global policy events to advance inclusive and transformative resilience and foster radical collaboration.

Amplifying Local Voices

GRP works closely with grassroots organizations and partners to amplify the voices, stories and actions of communities on the frontlines of climate impacts.

Bridging the Gap between Ambition and Action

GRP works across diverse stakeholder groups to accelerate ambition and action on inclusive and transformative resilience.

Advancing a Unified Vision on Resilience

GRP works to advance an ambitious, coherent and actionable vision for inclusive and transformative resilience

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Building Climate Resilience and Adaptation in LDCs and SIDS

The side event was organized by the IFRC on the margin of the HLPF 2019 high-level political forum on sustainable development, and was co-sponsored by Ireland, Egypt, the UK, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Malawi, Trinidad and Tobago, St Lucia, Turkey, among others.

Synthesis Report: Three Horizon Farmer Session at UFCCC Africa Climate Week

The Farmer session co-organised by took place as a side-event to the UNFCCC Africa Climate Week, 18-22 March 2019, Accra, Ghana. The session aimed to bring forward the role of farmer-driven (small-scale) initiatives in building positive, food secure and climate resilient futures in Africa.

Colliding climate and conflict risks: Building resilience from an integrated approach in fragile and most vulnerable places

The session “Colliding climate and conflict risks: building resilience from an integrated approach in fragile and most vulnerable places” took place within a GRP/FAO side event “Stepping Up Action on Building Climate Resilient Agriculture and Food Systems in Africa” preceding the UN Africa Climate Week, Ghana, 18-22 March 2019.

Stepping Up Action on Building Climate Resilient Agriculture and Food Systems in Africa

The purpose of this ACW affiliated event “Stepping Up Action on Building Climate Resilient Agriculture and Food Systems in Africa” was to identify the opportunities for increased ambition and African voice for climate action on agriculture and food systems that can be advanced at the UNSG’s 2019 Climate Action Summit and COP25.

Urgent Transformation towards Resilient Food Systems in Vulnerable and Fragile Regions

In March 2019, the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) convened a group of global experts, experienced practitioners and influential stakeholders at the Bellagio Rockefeller Centre in Italy. The group was tasked with identifying strategies and concrete actions of how to build resilient food systems in vulnerable and fragile regions1. The objective of the meeting was to identify priority areas that can impact global action to influence local realities in a context of urgency.

Latest policy news

From Seeds to systems: Inspiring collective change

Interview with GRP’s Knowledge Officer Amanda Jonsson on how local initiatives are shaping pathways to more sustainable futures

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Looking ahead with gratitude and shared purpose

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GRP launches Mobilising Business for Resilience to accelerate private sector action on climate adaptation and resilience

Launched at COP30 with IFC, Mobilising Business for Resilience (MBR) is a new platform helping companies turn climate risk awareness into action.

From insights to impact: Shaping science-based action on resilience

At a high-level workshop in Washington, DC, leaders in finance, policy, science and other sectors came together to refine the Resilience Science Must-Knows, a set of insights drawn from the latest resilience research, and shape a shared path toward science-based action.