Resilience Science Must-Knows

The 'Resilience Science Must-Knows' fact sheet, produced by the Global Resilience Partnership, Stockholm Resilience Centre, and Future Earth, outlines nine core scientific principles for decision-makers to build systemic resilience. It defines resilience as the capacity to cope, adapt, and transform amidst uncertainty, emphasizing that human well-being is dependent on the stability of the Earth system and planetary boundaries.

• Resilience is defined as the ability to live and develop with change and uncertainty, requiring the capacities to cope, adapt, and transform. This framework recognizes that human prosperity depends on the stability of the Earth system and that a just world must exist within planetary boundaries.
• The document identifies nine essential principles for decision-makers to enable systemic resilience: 1) it is critical for navigating accelerating risk; 2) it requires balancing coping, adapting, and transforming capacities; 3) current investment reduces future costs; 4) it is a cycle of learning and innovation; 5) diversity (including biodiversity and knowledge systems) is essential; 6) relationships with people and nature build resilience; 7) governing trade-offs is key to avoiding harm and conflict; 8) empowering agency activates resilience capacities; and 9) addressing power imbalances and historical injustices is necessary to avoid reinforcing vulnerability.
• The 'Must-Knows' were developed through a collective effort by the global resilience research community, utilizing literature reviews, surveys with experts, consultation dialogues with decision-makers, and global editorial leadership.

APA

Global Resilience Partnership (n.d.). Resilience Science Must-Knows. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/rsmk_2pager_eng_digital.pdf

Chicago

Global Resilience Partnership. Resilience Science Must-Knows. n.d. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/rsmk_2pager_eng_digital.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalresiliencepartnershipndresilience, author = {{Global Resilience Partnership}}, title = {{Resilience Science Must-Knows}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/rsmk_2pager_eng_digital.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }