A race against time and against ourselves. Against the dangerous idea that we can’t do this, that there is no way.
Unlike most races, it won’t have one winner. In this race we all win, or we all lose. Winning it requires a radical, unprecedented level of collaboration, from all corners of our world. From our cities, businesses, regions and investors. From people everywhere.
Together we’ll be racing for a better world. A zero carbon world. A healthier, safer, fairer world. A world of wellbeing, abundance and joy, where the air is fresher, our jobs are well-paid and dignified, and our future is clear.
To get there we need to run fast, and get faster. We need more and more people to join the race, and right now. This is not about 2050, it’s about today.
Ahead of the UK’s Climate and Development Ministerial tomorrow, High Level Champions for the UK and Chile, Nigel Topping and Gonzalo Muñoz – in partnership with COP26 Champion for Adaptation and Resilience, Anne-Marie Travelyan – hosted an Action Dialogue with Ministers, non-state actors and civil society leaders to announce the first round of initiatives joining the Race to Resilience campaign.
In total, 20 initiatives are officially joining the Race to Resilience as partners, driving a step-change in global ambition and action on resilience. In the lead-up to COP26 and beyond, the campaign will bring these initiatives together to share best practices, develop progress metrics, and collectively mass mobilize actors dedicated to protecting people and nature.
These initiatives already have a combined global reach of over a billion people, focusing on a wide-range of issues. Speaking at the event, Trevelyan said: “I am delighted to see the Race to Resilience bringing together initiatives covering all aspects of resilience: from water resilience to nature-based solutions, to disaster risk reduction, to agricultural resilience, to finance and insurance. These diverse and innovative initiatives will all contribute to reducing vulnerability and strengthening resilience.”
With these initiatives now onboard, the Race to Resilience is answering the call for more coordinated action on adaptation and resilience by:
Speaking before the Action Dialogues, UK High-Level Champion Nigel Topping said: “Today is a big day for the Race to Resilience campaign. Our round one initiatives will be driving the step-change in global ambition for resilience, helping make communities around the world more resilient to climate shocks so they can thrive in spite of them.”
Chile High-Level Champion Gonzalo Muñoz said: “We are very happy with the diversity of the initiatives joining the Race today and the ambitious action they are pledging. We want more organisations to join the campaign either by setting up an initiative or joining one of those who have come on board. The more ambition we have from initiatives taking part in the Race to Resilience the more we can raise the ambition of states ahead of COP.”
Join the Race to Resilience
Non-state actor-led regional, national or global initiatives are invited to express their interest to join the Race to Resilience.
Initiatives must share the vision and goals of the Race to Resilience, and meet the following criteria:
To register your interest please fill out this form and send it to resilience@climatechampions.team
For more information on the criteria, please click here.
Partner initiatives joining the Race to Resilience
Cities Race to Zero (Resilience) Coalition
EIT Climate-KIC – Forging Resilient Regions
Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI)
Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance (EHRA)
InsuResilience Global Partnership
NbScale4Resilience
Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)
OP2B – OnePlanet Business for Biodiversity
Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP)
The private sector is going to be key to the pace and scale of innovation and deployment of capital necessary to tackle the challenges we face, and to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
“Unless we begin to seriously address the effects of land degradation in [the Sahel], we will only be scratching the surface of the deep challenges that the whole world faces from the environmental impacts of climate change and its related socio-economic consequences, including drought, famine, conflict over scarce resources and migration.”
After launching in January 2021 at the Climate Adaptation Summit, the Race to Resilience is excited to invite you to meet the first round of initiatives who have officially joined the race! Click here to register your place for the first Race to Resilience Action Dialogues taking place March 30, 10.30-12.00 (BST) and hear directly […]
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