A WHOLE-OF-SOCIETY APPROACH TO BUILDING RESILIENT, EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES

This report summarizes the key insights from a 2024 London Climate Action Week Resilience Hub event. The event focused on a 'whole-of-society approach' to climate resilience, emphasizing the necessity of community-led adaptation, innovative financing, the democratization of technology, and the integration of cultural and creative approaches to engage diverse stakeholders.

• Effective climate resilience requires a community-led approach that prioritizes local voices and Indigenous knowledge to ensure adaptation strategies are context-specific. For example, the 'Freetown The Tree Town' programme in Freetown, supported by C40 Cities, achieved a 75% sapling survival rate through community involvement, compared to a 50% average.
• Access to funding is a primary obstacle for scaling local climate projects. The report suggests using innovative financial mechanisms, such as blended finance (combining grants and commercial funds), to lower capital costs and de-risk investments. It also highlights the role of governments in integrating resilience into National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
• There is a need to democratize advanced planning tools, such as digital twins, to make them accessible to projects of all scales. The report advocates for a holistic, integrated management approach to infrastructure—combining water, electricity, and waste management—rather than siloed management, to better understand co-benefits and unintended consequences.
• Creative and cultural approaches, including arts and music, are effective tools for community engagement and identifying contextual adaptation needs. The 'Battery Tour' is cited as an example of using music to raise funds and provide energy to over 18 countries while demonstrating the possibility of carbon-neutral events.

APA

Global Resilience Partnership (2024). A WHOLE-OF-SOCIETY APPROACH TO BUILDING RESILIENT, EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/resilience-hub-lcaw-report.pdf

Chicago

Global Resilience Partnership. A WHOLE-OF-SOCIETY APPROACH TO BUILDING RESILIENT, EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES. 2024. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/resilience-hub-lcaw-report.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalresiliencepartnership2024wholeofsociety, author = {{Global Resilience Partnership}}, title = {{A WHOLE-OF-SOCIETY APPROACH TO BUILDING RESILIENT, EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, year = {2024}, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/resilience-hub-lcaw-report.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }