GCRF Caribbean Resilience and Recovery Knowledge Network In a region beset by serial disasters, effective recovery from hazardous events is not just a worthy goal it is an imperative. The Caribbean Resilience & 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. A community of researchers, practitioners & policymakers is emerging, but at the moment their response is ad hoc & driven by divergent research or short-term aid goals. This generates locally useful outcomes, that alleviate the worst symptoms from the disasters, however they are collectively less effective at encouraging long term resilience to future events, strengthening ecosystems or reducing long-term vulnerabilities in poor or remote communities. The Caribbean Knowledge Network seeks to remedy this by creating a new culture for responding to & preparing for hazardous events. This is our principle aim. We will do this by joining together diverse researchers, & engaging with practitioners & policymakers from the outset. These groups are all motivated to come together & transform how we approach post-disaster recovery. The researchers (in the Caribbean & the UK) work on wide-ranging topics relevant to long term hazard resilience, connected by their desire to improve recovery from disasters. The practitioners bear responsibility for ensuring the best possible outcomes for communities at risk & face increasing challenges associated with climate change & environmental degradation in the region. The attention of donors & policymakers has been focussed by the recent systemic destruction from the 2017 hurricanes. Thus, the Network is both timely & needed. We have structured a series of mutually beneficial activities to help us achieve our overall aim, & associated objectives. The first of these will be a forensic workshop where we will bring our multiple perspectives to bear to understand what drove & hindered recovery following three key events (the 2017 hurricanes, the Haiti earthquake & long-term recovery following Hurricane Ivan). To reflect the multiple perspectives we are calling these forensic analyses, & this will be a great vehicle for learning from each others expertise & perspectives. After that we will create some scenarios to help test, design & evaluate existing response & recovery plans for multiple types of hazard. We will visit several Caribbean countries to do this, & they will be co-designed with different social groups to ensure relevancy. These will be used to create new principles & strategies in each setting. While we are doing this we will run a series of webinars to discuss challenges highlighted by these two activities. We will make these freely accessible to participants throughout the Caribbean & further afield. The outcomes from all of this work will create our new community who will co-create a manifesto for research to transform recovery & use that to secure further funding. Importantly, however along the way we will also have created some tangible benefits which will ensure the longevity of the grouping & maximise its benefit. These are: (1) forensic analyses on several important disaster events, identifying priority actions & sets of principles; (2) flexible, tailored scenario exercises for local disaster practitioners so they can develop their own new strategies in response to these on four islands (3) the time & momentum to consider how to 'join up' strategies across the islands, critically in collaboration with regional & international agencies. This research is focused on St Vincent & the Grenadines, Dominica, Antigua & Barbuda, Jamaica, Grenada, St Lucia & Belize, all ODA eligible countries  within the Caribbean Community organisation CARICOM. These countries will benefit directly from Network activities & will be the focus of learning & co-production. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.