Climate Resilience Center

How testing can provide a way out of coronavirus shutdowns

By David A. Wemer

Testing “is really the only way out without having a vaccine or an easy therapeutic…to reopen parts of our economy and [stop] the ricocheting between either being shut down and therefore safe, or being active in the economy and therefore in tremendous risk for rebound,” according to Dr. Rajiv Shah

It Takes a Village: Helping the Most Vulnerable in Crisis

India’s coronavirus lockdown has sparked an economic pandemic. A collective of community groups and non-profits in Chennai stepped in to help.

In crisis, social connectedness builds more resilient communities

Grocery stores are building more resilient communities as COVID-19 has required people to stay home and away from their neighborhood eateries.

Fighting COVID-19 side by side with migrants

By Walter Cotte and Rebecca Scheurer

In uncertain times humanity historically comes together to embrace our commonalities. In the case of COVID-19, we can achieve more together if we include migrants as active participants in our efforts to quell the spread and impact of this disease.

Massive testing program could hold keys to ending coronavirus crisis

By David A. Wemer

A massive nationwide testing program could help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and could provide a roadmap for rolling back the extensive social distancing measures implemented across the United States and around the world, according to Nobel laureate economist Paul Romer and Dr. Raj Shah, president of The Rockefeller Foundation and former administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Refugee women: The most vulnerable and yet the most resilient in this pandemic

By Priyali Sur & Vanessa Davaroukas

Refugee women will be disproportionately affected by COVID-19, living in densely populated conditions without government support. Yet their resilience and sense of personal agency is inspiring others around the globe.

Cities “on the front lines” of the coronavirus crisis

By David A. Wemer

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic worsens and deaths increase around the world, national and local governments are racing to prepare their healthcare systems, infrastructure, and economies to weather the current storm. “The world writ large was not adequately prepared to see what has come,” former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said on April 1, adding that now it is up to mayors and local officials who “are really on the frontlines,” to take action to protect their citizens.

The First Responders of Fashion

From luxury designers to ordinary citizens, the coronavirus pandemic is inspiring thousands to take to their sewing machines, united by a common thread: making masks for those on the frontlines of this crisis.

Stories of Resilience: An introduction

By Adrienne Arsht, Graham Brookie

Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center and the Digital Forensic Research Lab launched a new blog series: Stories of Resilience to bring inspiration, optimism and solutions in times of pandemics.