ABOUT TECHEMERGE RESILIENCE INDIA CHALLENGE
The “Climate Adaptation and Resilience for South Asia” or CARE for South Asia project is a five-year (2020-2025) regional International Development Association (IDA) grant project supported by the World Bank, and jointly implemented by Asia Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) and Regional Integrated Multi-hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES). The project is supporting the region in building resilience to climate change by improving the availability of regional data and knowledge, developing guidelines, tools and capacities, and promoting climate-resilient decisions, policies and investments across key sectors. The key stakeholders include governments and technical agencies at the regional and national level.
TecEmerge Resilience India Challenge and the Climate Innovation Challenge are two key components of the overall CARE for South Asia project.
The TechEmerge Resilience India Challenge is undertaken in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as the technical partner with the aim to crowd in private-sector expertise and market-based innovation for resilience through the use of disruptive technologies to address climate and disaster resilience challenges. The main objective of TechEmerge Resilience India Challenges is to enhance the capacity of the communities and SDMAs to prepare and respond to disasters and climate risks, and COVID-19, through cutting edge technological interventions.
TecEmerge Resilience India Challenge and the Climate Innovation Challenge are two key components of the overall CARE for South Asia project.
The TechEmerge Resilience India Challenge is undertaken in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as the technical partner with the aim to crowd in private-sector expertise and market-based innovation for resilience through the use of disruptive technologies to address climate and disaster resilience challenges. The main objective of TechEmerge Resilience India Challenges is to enhance the capacity of the communities and SDMAs to prepare and respond to disasters and climate risks, and COVID-19, through cutting edge technological interventions.