OUTCOME DOCUMENT Southeast Asia Regional Resilience Dialogue

The Southeast Asia Regional Resilience Dialogue emphasizes the need for a 'whole of society approach' to climate risk, advocating for the recognition of local communities and grassroots organizations as agents of change. The document highlights successful community-led initiatives in Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Thailand, while identifying systemic barriers such as restricted financial flows to the local level and a lack of recognition for the root causes of vulnerability. It recommends diversifying financing instruments, supporting decentralization policies, and creating more direct engagement mechanisms between grassroots actors and decision-makers to ensure inclusive and resilient recovery from COVID-19 and the achievement of sustainable development goals.

• Community-level climate and risk assessments in Indonesia's Gunugkidul Regency and flood-prone provinces of Cambodia have enabled local populations to prioritize actions and influence resilience investments, helping to democratize decision-making.
• Local initiatives in Southeast Asia have demonstrated the value of flexible funding and indigenous knowledge; for example, women's groups in Indonesia used food and waste banks to address food insecurity and flash floods, while the Higaunon tribe in the Philippines utilized indigenous farming and health practices to cope with COVID-19 and long-term climate risks.
• Significant barriers to building resilience include the fact that financial resources reaching the local level are often tied to specific requirements, leaving grassroots organizations with no voice in allocation. Additionally, there is a lack of readiness in the public and private sectors to sustain the long-term domestic financing necessary for context-specific climate actions.
• To scale resilience, the document argues for a shift beyond 'climate proofing' toward a holistic approach that leverages poverty reduction and social protection programs, utilizes a combination of public and private financing, and targets funding at all levels from households to national governments.

APA

Global Resilience Partnership (2023). OUTCOME DOCUMENT Southeast Asia Regional Resilience Dialogue. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/outcome-document_se-asia-regional-resilience-dialogue.pdf

Chicago

Global Resilience Partnership. OUTCOME DOCUMENT Southeast Asia Regional Resilience Dialogue. 2023. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/outcome-document_se-asia-regional-resilience-dialogue.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalresiliencepartnership2023outcome, author = {{Global Resilience Partnership}}, title = {{OUTCOME DOCUMENT Southeast Asia Regional Resilience Dialogue}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, year = {2023}, month = sep, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/outcome-document_se-asia-regional-resilience-dialogue.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }