Resilience Interventions

The document outlines a two-exercise process for selecting climate resilience interventions. First, interventions are scored based on five resilience indicators: redundancy, flexibility and diversity, re-organisation and responsiveness, access to documentation and learning, and energy saving/GHG mitigation potential. Second, high-scoring interventions are evaluated for feasibility (technical, political, social, cost-benefit, and responsibility) and impact (timeframe and overall effect), with a strong emphasis on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

• The tool proposes five specific indicators to assess the resilience of an intervention: redundancy, flexibility and diversity, re-organisation and responsiveness, access to documentation and learning, and energy saving and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission mitigation potential.
• Resilience is enhanced when systems incorporate local and indigenous knowledge, which the document notes is often 'untapped and under-appreciated'.
• Feasibility of an intervention is measured across five dimensions: technical expertise, political acceptability, social acceptability, cost-benefit analysis, and the assignment of responsibility.
• Impact assessments must evaluate the distribution of benefits and harms across social groups, specifically requiring gender impact assessments to ensure egalitarian outcomes and the empowerment of women and girls in line with Sustainable Development Goal 5.
• Interventions involving indigenous peoples must adhere to the requirement of obtaining Free, Prior and Informed Consent.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (n.d.). Resilience Interventions. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Prioritising-resilience-measures.docx.pdf

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Resilience Interventions. n.d. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Prioritising-resilience-measures.docx.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetworkndresilience, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Resilience Interventions}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Prioritising-resilience-measures.docx.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }