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The HimGra® pilot project in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district transforms degraded, rocky Himalayan slopes into productive land by cultivating a climate-resilient grass for sustainable textiles. Managed by women-led Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and supported by the Dev UK (Uttarakhand) Foundation, the initiative reduces soil erosion and provides diversified income for marginalized communities. The project integrates grassroots innovation with global luxury fashion markets and is undergoing independent impact assessments to validate its carbon and soil regeneration outcomes.

The document analyzes a structural contraction in Official Development Assistance (ODA) and a persistent under-allocation of climate finance toward adaptation. It argues that while the sector possesses the foresight to predict these trends, institutional barriers prevent this knowledge from translating into action. The paper highlights the failure of blended finance to scale in high-exposure contexts, the inability of alternative donors like China and Gulf states to replace Western ODA, and emerging risks such as the centralization of risk analytics and sovereign debt traps.

The 'Enhancing Women’s Land Tenure through Shea Tree Mapping' project uses geo-tagging to record shea trees and link them to women producers in Ghana, Togo, and Benin. This digital visibility addresses the lack of formal proof of assets, which has historically hindered women's access to financial services for productive equipment like motorised tricycles. By mapping over 16,000 trees and 3,500 producers, the initiative aims to transition informal women's co-operatives into recognized enterprises and protect shea parklands.

Build up Nepal addresses climate vulnerabilities in flood-prone and landslide-risk areas by replacing traditional fired-brick construction with low-carbon, interlocking eco-bricks. This approach reduces CO₂ emissions by 75%, construction costs by 25%, and air pollution by 90% while improving homes' resistance to floods and earthquakes.

SLAMDAM has developed 'SLAMDAM SMART' mobile flood barriers integrated with AI-driven IT tools to address the increasing frequency and severity of floods and droughts. These solutions aim to protect communities, farms, and infrastructure while converting flood hazards into opportunities for water storage and irrigation to enhance long-term resilience.

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) utilizes a tiered 'Innovation Challenge' model to fund and scale bottom-up resilience solutions across the Global South. Since 2014, GRP has invested over US$45 million, supporting 102 solutions in more than 30 countries and benefiting over 7 million people. The 2026 portfolio focuses on three primary challenges: RAIN (nature-positive agriculture), RISE (informal urban settlements), and TECH (AI for humanitarian response). GRP provides a structured pipeline—Idea, Seed, Scale, and Amplify—combining financial grants with non-financial support such as mentoring and a Leadership Academy to make local innovators investment-ready.

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) reports significant growth in 2025, expanding to over 90 partner organizations. Key activities included launching several innovation challenges—such as the RISE Urban Challenge and the TECH 4 Resilience Challenge—and establishing the Mobilising Business for Resilience (MBR) platform with the IFC to address the adaptation finance gap. The GRP also co-managed the Resilience Hub and launched the Climate Resilience Awards for Business with the WBCSD.

The 'Resilience Science Must-Knows' report, a collaboration between the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Global Resilience Partnership, and Future Earth, distills decades of resilience science into nine broad, actionable principles designed for decision-makers across various sectors and scales to help societies cope, adapt, and transform amid increasing global volatility.

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) Indicator Guidance 2024-2029 establishes a standardized monitoring and evaluation framework for its grantees and partners. The framework is structured around four core indicators (CORE1-4) and three thematic work areas: Innovation (INN1-6), Knowledge (KNO1-3), and Policy (POL1-3). Core indicators track people supported, investments mobilised, people more resilient, and organisations supported. The guidance specifies mandatory reporting requirements, data calculation methods, and disaggregation standards, particularly for sex, age, and disability. It defines 'resilience' as the ability to persist in crises, adapt to risks, and transform positively. The document also aligns these metrics with USAID and UK ICF indicators to ensure international reporting compatibility.

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Plan 2024-2029 outlines the framework for tracking progress, capturing lessons, and assessing the impact of its resilience initiatives. The plan emphasizes an adaptive management approach and a 'Triple Loop Learning' system to improve resilience outcomes in the Global South, focusing on food, finance, and communities.

The document highlights the effectiveness of community-based organisations (CBOs) in implementing sustainable agricultural practices through local trust and social proofing. It uses the example of Itanya Africa Group's vertical garden project to show how leveraging community influencers can overcome resistance to new methods. However, it notes that CBOs face a significant funding gap as major institutions often prefer larger NGOs, which limits the scale and speed of local interventions. The text calls for prioritising financial support for CBOs to scale models for food security and regenerative agriculture.

The Global Resilience Partnership, in collaboration with the Stockholm Resilience Centre and Future Earth, has released the 'Resilience Science Must-Knows'. This report distills decades of resilience research into nine core principles to help leaders in government, business, and international institutions navigate overlapping crises and volatility. The principles emphasize that resilience involves more than 'bouncing back', requiring the management of trade-offs, the addressing of power imbalances, and the cultivation of diversity and continuous learning. These findings were developed through engagement with over 120 researchers and 162 decision-makers. The framework serves as a precursor to the 'Resilience Road to Action', which will translate these broad principles into sector-specific guidelines for areas such as health, finance, and urban development.

The Global Resilience Partnership expresses gratitude for the Earth's natural resources and pledges to protect forests, seas, and lands to ensure environmental preservation for future generations.

The report outlines nine fundamental principles of resilience science designed for decision-makers. It defines resilience as the capacity to cope, adapt, and transform, emphasizing that it is an active process rather than a passive state. Key themes include the necessity of diversity, the role of social and ecological relationships, the importance of managing trade-offs through collaborative governance, and the requirement to address power imbalances to ensure equitable outcomes. The document argues that proactive investment in resilience provides a 'triple dividend' by avoiding losses, stimulating economic growth, and delivering social and environmental benefits.

The report outlines nine 'Must-Knows' of resilience science, defining resilience as the capacity to cope, adapt, and transform. It argues that resilience is a continuous process of learning and innovation, requiring diversity in knowledge and nature, strong social-ecological relationships, and the active management of trade-offs. The document emphasizes that investing in resilience provides a 'triple dividend' by avoiding losses, boosting economies, and strengthening societies, while stressing that equitable resilience requires addressing power imbalances and historical injustices.

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) launched its 2024-2029 Strategy and secured a four-year agreement with Sida to drive transformative change and locally-led innovation. Key 2024 activities include the expansion of the Resilience Hub to Climate Week NYC and London Climate Action Week, the growth of the PREPARE initiative with 39 participating companies, and the creation of the Resilient Planet Initiative (RPI) to democratise climate and adaptation data. Regional efforts include the Hindu Kush Himalaya Innovation Challenge for Entrepreneurs (HKH-ICE), the Resilient Agricultural Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge in East Africa, and the Southern African Resilience Academy (SARA).

The report examines the landscape of urban resilience solutions in informal contexts across the Global South, finding that while diverse solutions exist, most are in early development stages. It highlights the critical role of philanthropic and research grants for early-stage testing and notes that these interventions often yield co-benefits in sustainable development, health, and gender equity.

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) reports significant progress between 2020 and 2023 in scaling resilience innovations, democratizing knowledge, and influencing global policy. Key achievements include the incubation of the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA), the growth of the Resilience Evidence Coalition to over 1,700 members, and the establishment of the Resilience Hub at COP26, COP27, and COP28. GRP focused on amplifying Global South voices through initiatives like the South to South Resilience Academies and the Locally Led Adaptation principles. The report highlights the mobilization of private sector finance through the PREPARE Call to Action and the implementation of innovation challenges such as RAIN in East Africa. These efforts are designed to transition GRP toward its 2024-2029 strategy, focusing on transforming food and financial systems and embedding resilience in the private sector.

The leader of the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) is stepping down at the end of May 2024 to become CEO of PlanetaryX. The announcement highlights GRP's role in positioning resilience as a core part of climate action through initiatives like the Race to Resilience Campaign and the Resilience Hub at COP, as well as its partnership with the Stockholm Resilience Centre. Immediate priorities before the transition include launching the 2024-2029 Strategy and unveiling a revised Partnership model.

The Sharm-el-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda (SAA) serves as a global framework to drive adaptation and resilience transformations across food, water, health, and infrastructure systems. Launched at COP28, the First Implementation Report identifies progress in planning, finance, and technology, while emphasizing the role of businesses, financiers, and local changemakers as catalysts for transformational change.