Race to Resilience

Global Forest Generation's Acción Andina, launched with Tino and ECOAN, is the first major community-led restoration project across five South American countries. Global Forest Generation (GFG) aims to use this successful model to scale restoration efforts globally. By bringing together local leaders and communities, GFG focuses on revitalising critical, neglected forest ecosystems. We strive to make a significant positive impact on the environment and support a global movement that ranges from remote villages to corporate boardrooms.Their vision includes empowering Indigenous peoples to lead this movement, preserving their cultures, and using their wisdom to inspire global environmental stewardship.             

Launched at COP26 with the support of the UK Presidency and their Adaptation Campaign, ARA was born as an initiative promoting a new paradigm for action-oriented research for climate adaptation. Its focus is on vulnerable countries and communities. ARA is a collaborative network of diverse stakeholders including like-minded organisations, investors, policymakers and other actors who work to increase funding opportunities for action research to develop/inform effective adaptation solutions. 

ARISE works as a catalyst for business innovation and for knowledge sharing to reduce risk for a sustainable and resilient future. ARISE offers its members the opportunity to demonstrate leadership in cooperating with public partners to reshape business, societal and financial frameworks and to implement tailor-made solutions for all industries and sectors, which leads to taking risk-informed decisions, formulating adaptive strategies and implementing preventative actions.

BFA Global's Climate Innovation for Adaptation and Resilience Alliance is a consulting firm that leverages financial and digital innovation to enhance the resilience and wellbeing of underserved communities, with a strong focus on climate resilience. They collaborate with leaders in climate adaptation and digital financial services to create solutions that address climate vulnerabilities, improve food security, and support economic development. The CIFAR Alliance (Climate Innovation for Adaptation and Resilience Alliance) is dedicated to advancing innovative climate solutions for vulnerable populations. Their mission emphasizes equity and inclusivity, targeting low-income communities most impacted by climate change.

Centre for Citizens Conserving Environment & Management (CECIC) is an advocacy non-profit organization dedicated to influencing environmental policies to benefit the vulnerable. Through lobbying, research, and community education, CECIC works with communities and leaders to ensure that natural resources are utilized in a way that promotes equitable development, environmental conservation, and respect for human rights.

The Cities Race to Resilience is one of the initiatives under the Race to Resilience campaign, focused on driving cities to join and pledge their commitment to the global fight against climate change. The Cities Race to Resilience offers cities the unique opportunity to showcase action and drive ambition, according to their own contextually relevant local landscape.

The Climate Centre for Cities (C-Cube) has been established at NIUA to create synergy across all climate actions which are being undertaken in Indian cities by various stakeholders. The Centre will work with a range of stakeholders and partners to focus on strengthening capacities of cities to understand, implement and monitor actions needed for addressing climate change impacts locally.

Launched in 2019, the Climate Heritage Network seeks to scale up culture-based climate adaptation and mitigation solutions, and to mobilise arts, culture, and heritage actors for climate action. The network’s members work with all types of culture, from the arts and creative industries to heritage and traditional knowledge, and include government, civil society, universities, cultural institutions, Indigenous Peoples’ organisations and businesses.

Launched in 2019,  the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment is a private sector-led initiative to support investment decision-makers in better understanding and managing physical climate risk, advancing solutions and creating opportunities to build a network of resilient infrastructure in the most vulnerable and advanced economies. CCRI pioneers solutions that are both innovative and practical to ensure all infrastructure investments incorporate physical climate risks and advance climate resilience.

DARAJA, which means ‘bridge’ in Swahili, is a service and partnership that aims to improve weather and climate information services (WCIS), including early warnings of extreme weather, for urban users. By adopting a systems-wide approach, DARAJA builds ‘bridges’ and operational partnerships between the actors critical to the co-design of the products, dissemination channels and feedback loops for weather forecasts and extreme weather alerts.

Efficiency for Access is a global coalition working to promote high-performing appliances that enable access to clean energy for the world’s poorest people. It is a catalyst for change, accelerating the growth of off-grid appliance markets to boost incomes, reduce carbon emissions, improve quality of life and support sustainable development. 

EHAB aids the construction industry in managing weather-related risks for projects of any scale. Founded by experts with years of research and support from Innovate UK grants, EHAB focuses on tackling weather disruptions exacerbated by climate change. As the industry faces the challenge of transitioning to a net-zero economy, our goal is to create digital solutions that enhance efficiency and address these critical challenges.

Some regions of Europe are particularly exposed to the impacts of climate change due to the make-up of their landscapes, economies and societies. Climate-KIC works together with these regions to shift their hazard-by-hazard risk reduction practices to a systems innovation approach. Designed to create transformative impact, Forging Resilient Regions enables people, communities, and systems to prepare for, recover from, and adapt to the impacts of climate change, whilst building more resilient economies and societies.

Formed in 2020, the Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance (EHRA) brings together global city leaders, experts in public health, finance, humanitarian assistance, disaster management, climate science and risk, insurance and public infrastructure. The Alliance rallies critical capabilities and networks to tackle the growing threat of extreme urban heat for vulnerable people worldwide. It is supported and hosted by the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center.

The Global EverGreening Alliance (GEA) is an international NGO that brings together leading research, technical, environmental and development organisations to build on a shared vision of restoring degraded lands. Functioning as a collaborative platform, the Alliance harnesses members’ and partners’ collective strengths, capacities, and networks to coordinate, develop and implement massive-scale land restoration programs. GEA also coordinates ‘Green Up to Cool Down’, a global campaign to accelerate global efforts towards climate change. 

The GFCR is a blended finance instrument to mobilise action and resources to protect and restore coral reef ecosystems. The Global Fund for Coral Reefs is creating a new paradigm for protection of an ecosystem on the brink of extinction with a myriad of implications, while enhancing the resilience of coral reef countries and communities. Through blended finance and innovative public-private partnership, the Fund is catalysing a sustainable financial ecosystem for conservation and development of coral reefs.

Launched in 2017, the Global Mangrove Alliance (GMA) is an unprecedented collaboration that brings together and draws on the collective strength of NGOs, governments, industry, local communities and funders towards a common goal of halting mangrove degradation and increasing cover by 20% by 2030. The GMA addresses barriers to large-scale conservation and restoration with underlying objectives utilising mangroves as a nature-based solution to enhance climate adaptation and mitigation.

The GRP advances resilience by identifying and scaling innovative solutions, generating and sharing knowledge, and shaping policy. Resilience is crucial for sustainable development in an increasingly unpredictable world. The organisation envisions an inclusive world in harmony with nature, better equipped to handle shocks, adapt to changes, and transform, all within planetary boundaries.

Founded in 2014, Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) has a  mission  to promote living in harmony with nature and sustainable environmental practices. We support vulnerable groups, such as children, youth, and women, to reduce their climate risks. Their work spans climate change, circular economy, disaster risk reduction, sustainable agriculture, and renewable energy.

Ignite ((Power on a Different Scale) stands as a dominant climate tech platform in emerging markets, leading the development, financing, and operation of future infrastructure solutions. Their focus lies in distributed, digitised, decarbonized, resilient, and accessible services, primarily targeting access to clean power, solar irrigation, clean cooking, and solar-enabled internet. 

Initiative 20x20 is an effort led by 17 countries seeking to change the dynamics of land degradation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Their aim is to protect and restore 50 million hectares of forests, farms, pasture and other landscapes by 2030. In total, it is working to preserve an area of land roughly the size of France.

Established at COP in 2016, the IDF is a public-private partnership led by the insurance industry and supported by the UN and World Bank, aiming to build resilience for people and public institutions vulnerable to climate risk. The IDF brings together many leading insurance organisations and public sector leaders to leverage the industry’s unique position to better understand climate risk and drive a more resilient world.

The InsuResilience Global Partnership for Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance Solutions  aims to strengthen the resilience of developing countries and protect the lives and livelihoods of poor and vulnerable people against the impacts of disasters. The central objective of the Partnership is to enable more timely and reliable post-disaster response and to better prepare for climate and disaster risk through the use of climate and disaster risk finance and insurance solutions, reducing humanitarian impacts.

Founded in 2019 to accelerate the planning, design, construction and operation of safe, sustainable, and resilient infrastructure, ICSI brings together a network of engineers to act on sustainability, resilience, and climate change impacts on infrastructure and the communities they serve.

The International Transformational Resilience Coalition (ITRC) is a collaborative network consisting of organisations across mental health, human services, climate, education, disaster management, faith, and other fields. Their goal is to develop global programs and policies that apply a public health perspective to enhance mental wellness and resilience in both adults and youth, addressing various forms of stress and trauma while also tackling the climate crisis.

The Just Rural Transition brings together food producers, governments, businesses, investors, civil society, and rural and indigenous peoples to champion people-centred solutions to food systems challenges. JRT was launched at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit and has since fostered a global community of stakeholders. It aims to transform food systems by catalysing policy reform and investment partnerships through collaborative and inclusive approaches.

ORRAA convenes the international finance and insurance sectors, governments, non-profits, and stakeholders from the Global South to catalyse the investment of at least USD$500 million into coastal and marine natural capital through the development and deployment of financial products. ORRAA is driving the creation of a new global ocean finance ecosystem to enable a step change in the scale of climate finance channelled towards the Ocean and coastal communities.

Hosted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and launched at the UN Climate Action summit in 2019, One Planet Business for Biodiversity (OP2B) is a coalition of companies and NGOs seeking to scale up regenerative agricultural practices, boost cultivated biodiversity, and enhance the restoration of high value natural ecosystems.

Set up in 2018, Resilience First is a not-for-profit organisation, led and funded by business. It provides the ways and means to harness the collective will of its members to drive resilience at scale, in a world facing deep uncertainties and complex interdependencies. Resilience First does this by enabling businesses to collaborate, share, and co-create resilience and sustainable best practice globally for mutual benefit and that of society.

Resilient Housing is a collaboration of governments, banks, philanthropists, and tech solutions standardising access to resilient, climate-smart housing worldwide. Under the leadership of Build Change since 2004, Resilient Housing unifies multi-sector actors from the US and around the world under the same banner to advocate for solutions to the financial, technology, and policy barriers that inhibit the adoption of safe housing.

RegionsAdapt mobilises ambition and action on climate adaptation by facilitating access to the latest innovations, tools and best practices at regional level throughout the world. Through knowledge sharing, capacity building, adoption of common standards, and contribution to the global processes, this unique regional partnership catalyses innovation on climate adaptation, fosters cooperation and supports regional governments improve their resilience.

Launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019, the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) brings together an unprecedented range of stakeholders across the climate, development and humanitarian communities with the aim of making 1 billion people safer from disaster by 2025. They create a space in which partners and aligned organisations use our ambitious targets to drive a systemic shift towards acting earlier to reduce the impacts of disasters, mobilise commitments and inspire action.

Roof Over Our Heads is a campaign that envisions delivering resilient, low carbon and affordable homes and improving public infrastructure to urban residents, particularly those living and working in informality. ROOH’s vision links itself to the UN High Level Champions Race to Resilience and Race to Zero Campaigns, and expects itself to deliver the Race to Resilience goal of building resilience of 4 billion people across the globe, that remain most vulnerable to the disastrous effects of climate change.

Sanitation and Water for All is a global partnership committed to achieving universal access to clean drinking water and adequate sanitation. In 2015, 2.4 billion people lacked access to improved sanitation, 946 million people defecate in the open and 663 million people lack access to basic water sources.

The RAAWG seeks to address gaps by fostering a regional platform for sharing knowledge, cooperation, and peer learning on anticipatory action. It aims to create a unified humanitarian anticipation community in southern Africa, ensuring efficient resource use and alignment among AA initiatives while working together to scale up efforts.

Founded early 2021 by YAPU Solutions CIAT/CGIAR and GAWA Capital, the Scale for Resilience initiative aims to make the most vulnerable, like smallholder farmers, more resilient by providing them access to Nature-based Solutions (NbS). Scale for Resilience achieves this by addressing the full financial value chain to create the conditions to finance NbS at scale through innovative digital tools, smart data and collaboration.

The Climakers is an initiative born under the name ‘Farmers Driven Climate Change Agenda’. It was conceived by farmers as a multi-stakeholder alliance proposing solutions to climate change that are farmer-driven, science-based and result-oriented. The initiative aims to propose pragmatic solutions to climate change that are based on existing best practices that farmers and their partners in the food value chain are implementing to adapt to the impacts of a rapidly changing climate, enhancing their resilience capacity.

The Nature Conservancy’s Resilient WaterShed  initiative focuses on restoring watershed health through nature-based solutions, such as reforestation and regenerative agriculture. These efforts aim to enhance water security, rebuild biodiversity, boost climate resilience, and support inclusive development.Together with their  growing community of public and private partners, they are changing how the world achieves water security through the system-scale integration of nature-based solutions.

The International Land and Forest Tenure Facility is dedicated to securing land and forest rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities. As the first financial mechanism focused solely on this mission, we fund projects that promote development, reduce conflict, enhance human rights, and combat climate change. We provide direct funding to communities, collaborate with government and private sector partners, and offer technical expertise to implement tenure rights within existing legal frameworks.

Hosted by the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), the Resilience Hubs initiative aims to serve local governments by developing community facilities that educate residents and coordinate resource distribution and services before, during, or after climate natural hazard events. In particular, the Resilience Hubs ensure effective programmes, structure of buildings, provision of power, ability to communicate and staffing to enabled continued operations.

The UNESCO Youth Climate Action Network is a platform that links youth climate groups globally to boost collaboration and elevate youth-led climate initiatives and research. Launched in 2019 at COP25 in Madrid, it aims to unite passionate young climate leaders in their efforts to create a sustainable future. 

Launched in 2020, the WRC is a CEO-led, industry-driven initiative of the UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate committed to accelerating progress against the global water crisis. WRC has a collective goal to positively impact over 100 water-stressed basins globally and to enable equitable access and sanitation to over 100 million people.