Out Now: From Informality to Impact: The Untapped Potential of Scaling Urban Resilience Innovation in Informality

The report examines the landscape of urban resilience solutions in informal contexts across the Global South, finding that while diverse solutions exist, most are in early development stages. It highlights the critical role of philanthropic and research grants for early-stage testing and notes that these interventions often yield co-benefits in sustainable development, health, and gender equity.

• Urban resilience solutions implemented by for-profit and not-for-profit organisations in informal contexts are largely in the early stages of development and testing, indicating that non-state actor solutions remain in incipient phases despite a consensus on the need for action.
• Philanthropic and research grants are essential for early-stage solution development, but long-term scaling through municipal ownership remains rare. There is a need for hybrid financial instruments, business models, and better coordination among stakeholders and funders to support solutions throughout their entire lifecycle.
• Investments in urban resilience within informal contexts generate transformative outcomes beyond climate resilience, including improvements in sustainable development, health, wellbeing, gender equity, livelihoods, green job access, and urban biodiversity.

APA

Global Resilience Partnership (2024). Out Now: From Informality to Impact: The Untapped Potential of Scaling Urban Resilience Innovation in Informality. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/report-out-now-from-informality-to-impact-the-untapped-potential-of-scaling-urban-resilience-innovation-in-informality/

Chicago

Global Resilience Partnership. Out Now: From Informality to Impact: The Untapped Potential of Scaling Urban Resilience Innovation in Informality. 2024. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/report-out-now-from-informality-to-impact-the-untapped-potential-of-scaling-urban-resilience-innovation-in-informality/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalresiliencepartnership2024out, author = {{Global Resilience Partnership}}, title = {{Out Now: From Informality to Impact: The Untapped Potential of Scaling Urban Resilience Innovation in Informality}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, year = {2024}, month = nov, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/report-out-now-from-informality-to-impact-the-untapped-potential-of-scaling-urban-resilience-innovation-in-informality/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }