IIASA at the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance Global Learning Event 2026

The Global Learning Event is a cross-Alliance gathering that brings together colleagues from Alliance country programmes, member organizations, the Urban Climate Resilience Program (UCRP), and the Z Zurich Foundation (ZZF), all working to strengthen community resilience to climate hazards. The event aims to deepen collective impact by fostering peer-to-peer learning, exchanging experiences and lessons learned, identifying new opportunities, and strengthening synergies towards systems change. 

This year’s event will bring together approximately 110 participants from 31 countries and will feature 12 plenary sessions and 28 parallel and flexible sessions focused on resilience measurement, implementation experiences, innovation, and community-based climate resilience practice. 

As a long-standing scientific partner of the Alliance, IIASA will contribute to several sessions highlighting the application of resilience measurement frameworks, climate resilience interventions, and early warning systems. 

From CRMC Data to Intervention Design 

Leads: Jung-Hee Hyun (IIASA-SYRR) and Manuel von der Muehlen (Plan International) 

This session will explore how data generated through the Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities (FRMC) and Climate Resilience Measurement for Communities (CRMC) frameworks can be translated into community-led interventions and practical resilience solutions. Drawing on examples from Alliance country teams, participants will discuss scalable decision-making criteria and practical tools that support the design of climate-resilient interventions informed by FRMC/CRMC evidence.

 Technical Working Group: Implementation Pathways for Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems in Nepal, Peru, and the Philippines 

Leads: Mirianna Budimir and Joy Waddell (Practical Action), Robert Sakic Trogrlic (IIASA-SYRR), and Chiara Ambrosino (Plan International) 

This technical working group will discuss initial findings related to Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) in Nepal, Peru, and the Philippines. The session aims to support country teams in developing implementation pathways that can help advance national efforts on MHEWS and strengthen practical coordination across different contexts. 

The CRMC Validation Journey 

Leads: Raquel Guimarães, Reinhard Mechler, Jung-Hee Hyun, and Robert Sakic Trogrlic (IIASA-SYRR) 

This session will present the scientific evidence supporting the FRMC/CRMC framework as a resilience measurement tool. Drawing on more than a decade of baseline, endline, and post-event assessments across diverse community settings, participants will explore the framework’s validation journey and its contribution to advancing the understanding and measurement of climate resilience in practice.