Twenty new networks which will bring together UK researchers with collaborators from across the developing world to tackle global challenges were launched on the 22^nd of April 2020. Among them is the Caribbean Resilience and Recovery Knowledge Network (CRRKN) being led by Dr. Donovan Campbell of the Department of Geography and Geology.

The Caribbean Resilience and Recovery Knowledge Network will support a transformational approach towards post-disaster recovery in the Caribbean, particularly as it responds to the impacts of the 2017 hurricane season that caused $130 billion of losses in the region. It hopes to do this by creating a new culture for responding to and preparing for hazardous events through the joining together of diverse researchers, and engaging with practitioners and policymakers from the outset of a disaster.

Together the twenty  Global Engagement Networks are intended as vehicles to develop practical solutions to issues such as the prevalence of single-use plastic in Kenya, hurricane recovery in the Caribbean and water management across Africa. Each network, funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Global Challenges Research Fund, will work on problems and solutions identified within the countries themselves and will bring together a diverse range of organisations and skillsets.

For more on the 20 Global Networks: https://www.ukri.org/news/networks-launched-to-identify-solutions-to-global-challenges/

For more on the CRRKN: https://gow.epsrc.ukri.org/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/T00357X/1

For more on the Department of Geography and Geology: https://www.mona.uwi.edu/dogg/