BUILDING A RESILIENT FUTURE OUTCOME DOCUMENT

The 'Building a Resilient Future Day' outcome document outlines a multi-stakeholder effort to move beyond incremental change toward transformative climate resilience. It identifies 70 specific actions and emphasizes the need for risk-informed decision-making, nature-based solutions, and the integration of climate action with food security and conflict prevention. The report highlights the critical role of local communities, youth, and women in decision-making and calls for decentralized funding to reach grassroots levels. Key focus areas include the transformation of food systems, the implementation of early warning, early action (EWEA) systems, and the development of resilient urban infrastructure. The document aligns these efforts with the UN Climate Action Summit's Call for Action and the Global Commission on Adaptation's Year of Action.

• Incremental change is deemed insufficient for the current climate crisis; the document argues that actions must "accelerate a transformation towards a resilient future that serves the most vulnerable communities and those most affected by climate change."
• Food systems are identified as the most significant leverage points for addressing climate change, requiring a focus on planetary health, nutrition, financial inclusion, and inclusivity for gender and youth.
• Nature-based solutions (NbS) are presented as a cost-effective foundation for resilience that can simultaneously mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and conserve natural ecosystems.
• Investing in early warning, early action (EWEA) systems is critical to prevent humanitarian costs from doubling by 2050 and to protect frontline communities.
• Climate change acts as a "threat multiplier" that exacerbates existing vulnerabilities such as poverty and weak governance, potentially locking populations in a cycle of fragility and conflict.
• There is a critical need to shift climate finance to the local level, as communities become "agents of change when they have control over funding and when they lead interventions."
• Cities are identified as high-risk areas due to the projection that nearly 70% of the global population will live in urban areas by 2050, making them primary opportunities for transformative resilience change.
• The document highlights specific national efforts, such as Bhutan becoming the only "carbon negative country in the world" with 100% clean energy and a minimum forest cover of 60%.

APA

Global Resilience Partnership (2019). BUILDING A RESILIENT FUTURE OUTCOME DOCUMENT. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/building-a-resilient-future-outcome-document_ab-comments.pdf

Chicago

Global Resilience Partnership. BUILDING A RESILIENT FUTURE OUTCOME DOCUMENT. 2019. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/building-a-resilient-future-outcome-document_ab-comments.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalresiliencepartnership2019building, author = {{Global Resilience Partnership}}, title = {{BUILDING A RESILIENT FUTURE OUTCOME DOCUMENT}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, year = {2019}, month = sep, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/building-a-resilient-future-outcome-document_ab-comments.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }