HIGHLIGHTS: Success in advancing ambition on adaptation and resilience at COP26
With 154 events from 80 partners and featuring 176 participating organisations and 21 major sponsors, the first ever COP Resilience Hub brought together a community of state and non-state actors in an unprecedented collaboration. In a High-level Plenary session at the end of week 2, Nigel Topping, High level Champion for Climate Action at COP26, […]
NEWS – a bipartisan US Congress comes to Glasgow and talks resilience
Former president Barack Obama was not the only important American to make a contribution to the Glasgow COP. His rallying call to the world to take seriously the multiple threats from global warming followed a session at the Resilience Hub in which – for the first time at a COP – a bi-partisan group of […]
FEATURE: Launch of new tool at COP26 for countries to integrate water resilience into national climate plans
The Water Tracker for National Climate Planning has been developed as a tool to enhance water resilience in national climate plans. Kelsey Harpham from the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) reports. This is the sixth story in the Windows on Resilience series produced by CDKN and the Resilience Knowledge Coalition for the COP26 Resilience […]
FEATURE: Scalable approaches to moving rural families beyond resilience in developing countries
Michael Carter – Director of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk & Resilience – shares examples from Mali, Bangladesh, Mozambique and Tanzania where risk management tools are helping rural families not only withstand shocks, but move towards greater prosperity. This is the ninth story in the Windows on Resilience series produced by CDKN and the Resilience […]
FEATURE: Ocean action is climate action – accelerating resilience to secure a sustainable future for coastal communities
Karen Sack from the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance shares examples from around the world where locally-led action is protecting the ocean and nature, and helping communities to adapt and thrive. This is the eighth story in the Windows on Resilience series produced by CDKN and the Resilience Knowledge Coalition for the COP26 Resilience Hub – a physical […]
The story of our sponsors – Google
Google is proud to sponsor the Resilience Hub at COP26. We are committed to contributing to a resilient planet by unifying our technology, partnerships, and resources around a single mission — to foster sustainability at scale. Nithya Sowriraian Director, Global Solutions, Google Earth and Earth Engine By organising information about our planet, and making it actionable […]
The story of our sponsors – Deloitte
Over the next decade, the relationship between business and the natural world will be a defining one. We believe every business needs to play its part in turning their climate change commitments into action, which is why we’re proud to support the Race to Resilience’s global ambition for climate adaptation and resilience. Hannah Routh, sustainability […]
Meet our partners – Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk & Resilience
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk & Resilience (MRR) at UC Davis develops and tests financial and market innovations that take the most promising agricultural tools for families in developing economies from the lab to the field. Why we’re supporting the Resilience Hub The Innovation Lab at UC Davis was established by […]
Meet our partners – Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment
Why CCRI is supporting the Resilience Hub at COP26 Adaptation to climate risk in developing countries could require as much as $300 billion a year by 2030. Yet, annually less than six percent of climate finance currently flows toward adaptation. Meanwhile, the private sector has not until now been incentivised to fund projects to build […]
The story of our sponsors – AXA XL
AXA XL is delighted to be sponsoring the Resilience Hub at COP26 as part of our ongoing commitment to develop resilient communities, respond to climate change and deliver sustainable insurance solutions. The Resilience Hub provides a platform from which we can help to raise awareness and discuss best practice around the importance of building resilience. […]