Reflections on 2020: The Global Resilience Partnership

A statement from Dr. Nathanial Matthews, CEO of the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), reflecting on the organization's 2020 activities. The document outlines GRP's efforts to build resilience for vulnerable populations amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting initiatives in climate adaptation, knowledge sharing, and innovative finance.

• The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) supported the UNFCCC High Level Climate Champions in conducting Regional Resilience Dialogues, which integrated community perspectives into the Race to Zero Dialogues. These dialogues involved 100 partners, 89 sessions, and over 350 speakers from nearly 65 countries, with 30 sessions specifically dedicated to resilience and adaptation.
• The Race to Resilience (R2R) campaign was announced during the Climate Ambition Summit, with a target to catalyze non-state actor action to build climate risk resilience for 4 billion people from vulnerable groups and communities by 2030. The campaign's full launch was scheduled for January 25, 2021, at the Climate Adaptation Summit.
• GRP is co-creating the Resilience Knowledge Coalition with ICCCAD/LUCCC and SSN/CDKN to influence policies, plans, and investments through peer-to-peer learning, measurement and evidence, and shaping policy and investment.
• GRP has implemented several knowledge and capacity initiatives, including the 'Voices from the Frontline' project, which has documented over 25 stories of community-led COVID-19 responses in the Global South, and the first South to South Resilience Academy (S2SRA) focused on COVID-19 community resilience responses.
• GRP is pursuing innovative finance and risk reduction projects, including six coastal resilience projects via the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA) and a call for Expressions of Interest with GEF and UNDP to support finance mechanisms in fragile and conflict-prone regions.

APA

Matthews, N. (2020). Reflections on 2020: The Global Resilience Partnership. Global Resilience Partnership. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/reflections-on-2020-the-global-resilience-partnership/

Chicago

Matthews, Nathanial. Reflections on 2020: The Global Resilience Partnership. Global Resilience Partnership, 2020. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/reflections-on-2020-the-global-resilience-partnership/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{matthews2020reflections, author = {Matthews, Nathanial}, title = {{Reflections on 2020: The Global Resilience Partnership}}, publisher = {Global Resilience Partnership}, year = {2020}, month = dec, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/reflections-on-2020-the-global-resilience-partnership/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }