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17 SupportingClimateRiskManagementatScale… 399 Fig.17.2 Partners and roles in theFloodResilienceAlliance. SourceZurich2014 17.3 TheZurichFloodResilienceAlliance: AComprehensiveScience-Policy-PracticePartnership There has been anupspring of partnerships covering the boundary space fromsci- encetopolicytopractice,particularlyinrelationtodisasterriskmanagement,climate adaptation and resilience.TheZurichFloodResilienceAlliance (ZFRA), a unique alliancewithleadingpartnersfromthedevelopmentandhumanitarianNGOsectors, academia and theprivate sector has embarkedona journey tohelpbuild resilience to flood risk in communities across the globe in order tomake a difference for at least 250,000floodprone households up tomid 2018, householdswhich are often facing erosive risks shaped importantly by climate change. Themulti-year initia- tive set up and co-generated byZurich Insurance aims to operationalise,measure, and help build the resilience of communities to floods—themost devastating nat- ural hazard globally. This extensive action and research program brings together expertiseandskillsonriskmodelingandsystemsscienceasappliedby theresearch partners IIASA andWharton Business School with risk engineering expertise of Zurichandon-the-groundpresenceof theInternationalFederationofRedCrossand RedCrescent Societies (IFRC) plus the international developmentNGO,Practical Action(Fig.17.2).TheFloodResilienceAllianceaimstoenhancecommunityflood resilience by exploring innovativeways to reduce risk before aflood strikes.NGO collaboratorshaveusedresearchfindings toaid in thedesignandimplementationof interventions tobenefit communities.