Events

Details coming soon Co-Host Race to Resilience

Private sector is not a homogenous entity as often described in mainstream discourse on climate resilience. The focus of most climate action discourse on private sector action is on the role of big business. However, private sector also entails big and small-holder farmers, intermediary actors like small traders, small and medium enterprises, and other forms […]

The event aims to explore and showcase the emerging, effective risk assessment approaches, defining and measuring resilience in the built environment. By focusing on real-world implementation and assessment approaches from various geographies across the built environment value chain, the event will distil common principles that can be scaled globally to enhance urban resilience against climate […]

The interactive session will foreground the importance of incorporating Indigenous and local wisdom in decision-making on climate adaptation and loss & damage through voices from the Global South. It will explore the diverse perspectives on knowledge, how different knowledge types can be meaningfully integrated, and how we can assess the effectiveness of these efforts in […]

Despite safeguarding 80% of Earth’s biodiversity, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) receive less than 1% of global climate funding. Without equitable, flexible, and community-centred financing, IPLCs face limitations in harnessing their knowledge and practices to drive scalable adaptation and resilience. This session will address the urgent need to reform financial mechanisms that better serve […]

Within a context of increasing impacts of climate change and shrinking budgets, this session will explore how the current gaps in financing for extreme weather events and disaster recovery efforts can be filled, with greater emphasis on preparedness, a stronger alignment between different financing streams and innovative models to risk layering. Co-Hosts REAP Red Cross […]

Details coming soon Co-Hosts FCDO REAP

The objective of this event is to highlight the participatory and inter-sectoral process that was fundamental for the development of Peru's Long Term Climate Change´s Strategy to 2050 (LTS 2050), reflecting the needs and priorities of stakeholders at the national, regional and local levels. Co-Host Ministry of Environment of Peru (MINAM)

The event aims to highlight the innovative approaches Peru has developed to engage local and regional communities in climate action, with a special focus on sustainable development. It seeks to create a space for exchange and reflection on progress and experiences in subnational climate action, promoting effective adaptation to the impacts of climate change. Co-Host […]

Details coming soon Co-Host Race to Resilience

This session celebrates five years of the Resilience Hub’s evolution and introduces a bold new chapter grounded in science, collaboration, and impact. Participants will be introduced to the six Resilience Challenges, each rooted in the Resilience Science Must-Knows, connecting the latest science with real-world decisions to drive impact on the ground. In alignment with the […]

Join us in celebrating the 2025 Local Adaptation Champions! The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) invites you to the 2025 Local Adaptation Champions Award Ceremony, honoring inspiring leaders driving local climate resilience around the world. The event will be graced by H.E. Rosângela Lula da Silva, First Lady of Brazil, and H.R.H. Princess Dana Firas […]

Climate change is reshaping the foundations of our financial and economic systems. Consequently, solutions for overcoming these increasingly frequent disruptions to societies and economies will depend on effective and integrated systems-thinking approaches. This event will identify systemic solutions for reducing financial instability by identifying both hazards and resilience as core components of economic planning and […]

This session will focus on three critical elements to effectively developing and deploying National Adaptation plans at the national level. The session will feature a representative of the HLC’s (or the COP President) reinforcing how important this topic will be for framing Brazil’s lasting impact on the climate challenge. The program would then shift to […]

Session details coming soon Co-Hosts

The international crisis financing system is fragmented and not configured to meet current or future crisis financing demands effectively. Despite advances in early warning systems and climate risk modeling, finance is too often reactive, fragmented, and late. This session will provide an early view of new research on the use of pre-arranged finance, looking at […]

This event addresses the critical challenge of converting the regulatory framework of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement into climate investment and sustainable development for Latin America and the Caribbean. The region, with its vast potential in high-impact mitigation solutions, urgently needs to quickly turn its ambitions into financeable projects. This event will bring together […]

This session will explore how regulation, collaboration, innovation, and education can be designed to accelerate circularity. Through a multi-stakeholder panel and solution showcases, we will examine how governments, businesses, communities, and investors can anticipate and manage social and ecological costs of transitions, dismantle entrenched unsustainable practices, and ensure that circular economy strategies for materials are […]