RESILIENCE HUB VIRTUAL SUMMIT

The 2024 Regional Resilience Hubs virtual summit emphasized the necessity of locally-led adaptation (LLA), flexible and decentralized climate finance, and the meaningful inclusion of marginalized groups. Key discussions focused on integrating nature-based solutions, addressing the gendered burden of unpaid care work, and ensuring that climate investments protect human rights and land tenure to prevent the displacement of vulnerable populations in regions including Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

• The 2024 Regional Resilience Hubs virtual summit served as a platform to amplify regional policy priorities from Latin America, Africa, and Asia, focusing on democratising governance and fostering cross-learning between hubs in a year without UNFCCC Regional Climate Week engagement.
• There is a critical need for flexible, inclusive, and scalable climate funding that bypasses bureaucratic delays to reach vulnerable communities. Examples include the Logic Project in Bangladesh, which uses streamlined funding for timely adaptation, and the County Climate Fund in Kenya, which allows subnational governments to establish legal funds using local, national, international, and private resources.
• Effective adaptation requires participatory, locally-led approaches (LLA) and thorough risk assessments tailored to local contexts. The report cites the use of CGIAR’s Climate Smart Mapping and Adaptation Planning (CSMAP) tool in Asian Mega-Deltas for participatory mapping and the Nepal Climate Change Support Programme Phase (NCCSP) for categorising households by vulnerability levels.
• Integrating nature-based solutions and community stewardship into legal frameworks is essential for resilience. In Kenya, the Nature and People as One (NAPO) policy framework utilizes the Forest Act of 2016 to formalise community roles in managing natural resources, aligning local governance with international conservation targets.
• Gender equality and intersectionality are fundamental to climate resilience, as women often bear the disproportionate burden of unpaid care work during disasters. The report advocates for reframing care as a communal responsibility and increasing women's representation in STEM and green jobs to drive innovation.
• To avoid 'tokenism', the report emphasizes the need for meaningful inclusion of indigenous peoples, youth, and persons with disabilities. It suggests co-creation approaches and the use of knowledge brokers to bridge academic research with indigenous insights, as seen in the Urban Art for Climate project supported by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN).
• Climate investments must respect human rights and provide sustainable livelihood alternatives to prevent the displacement of vulnerable populations. In informal settlements, the report notes a 'poverty penalty' where residents pay up to ten times more for basic services like water; it advocates for improving infrastructure in situ rather than through evictions.

APA

Global Resilience Partnership (2024). RESILIENCE HUB VIRTUAL SUMMIT. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/virtual-hub-report-2024.pdf

Chicago

Global Resilience Partnership. RESILIENCE HUB VIRTUAL SUMMIT. 2024. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/virtual-hub-report-2024.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalresiliencepartnership2024resilience, author = {{Global Resilience Partnership}}, title = {{RESILIENCE HUB VIRTUAL SUMMIT}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, year = {2024}, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/virtual-hub-report-2024.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }