Resilience to Nature's Challenges National Science Challenge | |
Established | 2015 |
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Type | Research programme |
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Director | Richard Smith |
Budget | $59.4 m NZD |
Funding | MBIE |
Website | resiliencechallenge |
Resilience to Nature's Challenges (Māori: Kia manawaroa – Ngā Ākina o Te Ao Tūroa) was one of New Zealand's eleven collaborative research programmes known as National Science Challenges. Running from 2015 to 2024, the focus of Resilience to Nature's Challenges (RNC) research was enhancing New Zealand's resilience to natural hazards such as sea level rise, climate change, wildfire, and volcanoes.