In a year of unprecedented climate disasters, a recent report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) shows the window is rapidly closing on the opportunity to counter the worst effects of a warming planet.
New Race to Resilience Data Explorer
The campaign launches a dashboard to track the progress of adaptation implementation. This comes alongside an update to the metrics framework launched in 2021. The framework is the cornerstone of the Race to Resilience campaign, tracking progress across different project types and identifying opportunities for adaptation solutions. Race To Resilience partners has pledged to increase resilience for 2.9 billion individuals, 264 regions, and 559 cities worldwide with resilience-building actions up to 2030. It currently has 36 partners, operating in 175 Countries with 2029 members.
Race to Resilience launches the Insurance Adaptation Acceleration Campaign
In an effort to mobilise 3,000 insurance companies (equal to 50% of the market) by COP28. The new campaign is part of the Race to Resilience and will accelerate implementation against one of the Outcomes of the Sharm El Sheikh Adaptation Agenda. The objective is to scale the industry’s ability to advance meaningful climate risk reduction and to jointly pursue innovative public-private partnerships that reflect a shared mission of protecting vulnerable populations from the physical ravages of climate change.
New Race to Resilience members’ signatories: signatories to the Cities Race to Resilience have more than doubled since 2021, committing to clear, evidence-based climate actions for accelerating adaptation and resilience.
Global biopharma company, GSK, joins the Race to Resilience via the Water Resilience Coalition with a pledge to support at least 15 million people in vulnerable communities to become more resilient to the health impacts of climate change by 2030. GSK is the first healthcare company to join the campaign designed by the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions to drive global ambition to create a world where nature and vulnerable communities don’t just survive climate shocks and stresses, but thrive despite them.
Publication of the Regions Adapt on progress. Regions Adapt is a partner initiative of the Race to Resilience, which brings together leading states and regions on climate change adaptation to foster collaboration as well as learning and capacity building. The initiative includes 70 signatory members impacting over 300 million citizens.
The Clean Cooking Alliance and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) will today highlight the work they and their partners have done to support national governments in achieving their climate goals through clean cooking and the next steps for this initiative.
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