COP27 Resilience Hub Synthesis Report

The COP27 Resilience Hub served as a physical and virtual space to accelerate ambition and investment in climate resilience, representing over 1,500 non-state actors. The report identifies five cross-cutting messages, emphasizing that scaling adaptation is a prerequisite for containing Loss and Damage and that locally-led adaptation (LLA) requires radical collaboration. The document details thematic analysis across nine areas—including finance, food, water, and health—and highlights the role of Regional Resilience Hubs in amplifying under-represented voices from Africa, South Asia, Asia Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Scaling action on adaptation and resilience is essential to reduce the magnitude of Loss and Damage, as current adaptation finance for developing countries is five to ten times lower than required.
• Locally-led adaptation (LLA) requires a shift in how finance is accessed, specifically through the simplification of reporting and application requirements and the building of organisational resilience for grassroots stakeholders.
• Arts, culture, and heritage are critical to resilience as they provide the foundation for empathy and the preservation of irreplaceable knowledge, moving beyond being viewed as mere 'decoration'.
• There is a significant funding gap in the water sector, with annual investment requirements at $200 billion compared to current investments of $14 billion for water resilience.
• Urban resilience is hindered by the fact that only 9% of urban climate investments are directed toward adaptation projects, and many cities lack the credit ratings necessary to attract finance.
• Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can be up to 50% cheaper than traditional 'grey' infrastructure and provide 28% better value for money when accounting for social and health co-benefits.
• Extreme heat is a critical risk multiplier for public health and infrastructure, leading to the creation of the $750 million 'Cool Capital Stack' investment pipeline to fund cooling solutions.
• Debt-for-nature swaps are identified as a tool to create fiscal space for developing countries to invest in conservation and renewable energy, as most current climate finance is provided as loans.

APA

Angheloiu, C., & Brainich, A. (2022). COP27 Resilience Hub Synthesis Report. Global Resilience Partnership. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cop27-rh-synthesis-report.pdf

Chicago

Angheloiu, Corina, and Anastasia Brainich. COP27 Resilience Hub Synthesis Report. Global Resilience Partnership, 2022. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cop27-rh-synthesis-report.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{angheloiu2022cop27, author = {Angheloiu, Corina and Brainich, Anastasia}, title = {{COP27 Resilience Hub Synthesis Report}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, year = {2022}, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cop27-rh-synthesis-report.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }