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One Billion People More Resilient

Who we are
What we do
- Our Priorities
Resilience in action
Heat Action Platform

Resilience in action

Our solutions and initiatives

Our resilience solutions are designed to protect communities, cities, and nations from the worst impacts of climate change—delivering impact now.

Featured projects and initatives

City Champions for Heat Action

City Champions for Heat Action advance the global agenda and local solutions for climate resilience.

Resilience in action

Categorizing and naming heat waves

Heat wave naming and categorizing will increase awareness of heat’s health risks and initiate local response to protect lives and livelihoods.

Resilience in action

Chief Heat Officers

The Chief Heat Officer network was established to unify city responses to extreme heat. Already, it has scaled to 8 cities around the world.

Gaming technology

Climate Games Launchpad

The Climate Games Launchpad provided funding, mentorship, and expert and technical support for teams to build climate resilience through gameplay. Learn more.

Gaming technology

Climate Games Portfolio

Explore our portfolio of climate games! Through our work with indie and AAA studios, our Center has over 10 games in the climate portfolio.

Individual and community resilience

Resilience in action

Community Resilience Pod

The Community Resilience Pod empowers people and communities to prepare for and confront climate impacts. Learn more.

Resilience in action

COP27: Key moments from Sharm El Sheikh

Our efforts at COP27 strengthened ties with the climate resilience community and fostered collaboration to deliver adaptation solutions and finance at scale.

Innovative policy and finance solutions

COP Resilience Hub

Since its foundation in 2021, the Climate Resilience Center has served as managing partner of the COP Resilience Hub, the recognized home of climate resilience driving international conversations on climate adaptation.

Innovative policy and finance solutions

Extreme Heat Protection Initiative

The initiative reduces and transfers risk through a climate insurance that covers wages lost due to extreme heat for women in India.

Resilience in action

Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance

EHRA increases heat resilience in urban areas, focusing for on vulnerable populations.

Resilience in action

Freetown Market Shade Cover Project

Working with local vendors, the Climate Resilience Center installed shading covers over three outdoor markets in Freetown to protect market women from the dangers of extreme heat.

Heat health early warning systems

Heat health early warning systems (HHEWS) can raise ambitions and inform critical public health responses that save lives around the world.

Gaming technology

Gaming Center of Excellence

The Gaming Center of Excellence was developed to support game teams and studios as they create innovative climate resilience games.

Resilience in action

The Climate Resilience Center at COP28

The Climate Resilience Center elevated the urgent issue of heat resilience at COP28, highlighting the opportunities to mobilize and scale investments in climate adaptation and gender-responsive, community-led solutions.

Resilience in action

Heat Season Campaign

The #HeatSeason campaign was designed by the Climate Resilience Center to change the way we talk about heat and to help people better understand their vulnerability to heat-health risks.

Individual and community resilience

Resilience in action

Humanitarian Service Points

Humanitarian Service Points provide assistance to migrants at points of departure, along migratory routes, and at destination points, indiscriminate of legal status.

Innovative policy and finance solutions

Resilience in action

Insurance Sector Mobilization Campaign

The Climate Resilience Center, Marsh McLennan, and the UN High Level Climate Champions are working to mobilize insurance sector’s support for climate adaptation and resilience, accelerating a transition from ambition to action.

Gaming technology

Minecraft: Extreme Heat Series

The Climate Resilience Center developed interactive games for Minecraft Education that help young gamers understand the science of climate change while they play.

Resilience in action

Miami-Dade Countywide Resilience Hub Network Strategy

The Resilience Hub Network Strategy will develop a sustainable network of local hubs to make Miami-Dade more resilient to climate change.

Resilience in action

Urban Farming Initiative

The horticulture initiative uses nature-based solutions to reduce exposure to heat, foster self-sufficiency, and improve food security.

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