Jan 29 2016
Perspective
For the first time in history, more than half of the world's population lives in cities—a figure that is expected to reach 65 percent by 2045. According to UN-Habitat, approximately …
Dec 16 2015
Perspective
For the past few years, I’ve been traveling to India to help with our work on energy access. Last April, we formally launched Smart Power for Rural Development, a $75 …
Aug 27 2015
Perspective
Partnership is an essential feature of our work at The Rockefeller Foundation. Building resilience often requires bringing together unlikely people and organizations from across sectors to collaborate on bold and innovative …
Aug 25 2015
Press Releases
ZURICH—Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) joins efforts with the Global Resilience Partnership to launch the Global Resilience Challenge Water Window. The Water Window is a grant-based competition focused on building resilience …
Aug 14 2015
Perspective
Last month, 17 teams working to mitigate resilience-related risks around the world submitted their solution statements for the Global Resilience Challenge (GRC), a grant competition to seek the most promising …
Jul 27 2015
Perspective
Over the past two months, heat waves have relentlessly scorched South Asia. First, a heat wave swept India in May and killed more than 2,000 people in less than a …
Jul 21 2015
Perspective
For cities, it's no longer "if" they'll be hit by a disruption, but when—and how long it will take for the city to get back on course. But as I've said …
Jul 13 2015
Press Releases
SINGAPORE—Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX) has kicked-off a first-of-its-kind Women's Livelihood Bond due to be launched in early 2016, as part of its commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative. The Women's …
Jul 01 2015
Perspective
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For Thailand's Hat Yai, high flood risk and rapid growth have created major disruptions …
Jul 01 2015
News
NEW YORK—The Global Resilience Partnership today announced that 17 finalists in the Global Resilience Challenge will move forward with bold new proposals to build resilience in the Sahel, the Horn of …