Advancing Resilience Report

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) emphasizes the role of youth as core contributors in climate resilience through a model that combines flexible funding, mentorship, and creative storytelling. By utilizing small, catalytic grants via the Knowledge Into Use (KIU) Awards, GRP supports arts-based initiatives—such as murals and theatre—to make technical climate data accessible to local communities. The report highlights the importance of 'proximate leadership,' where youth are integrated into decision-making roles and global policy spaces like the COP Resilience Hub. Key findings suggest that pairing financial resources with structured guidance and visibility enables young innovators to scale their impact and secure further investment.

• Flexible, unrestricted small grants are highly effective for empowering young innovators and grassroots organizations, allowing them to experiment with unconventional methods and respond to community needs without delays.
• Creative and arts-based formats—including murals, theatre, digital media, comics, and music—translate complex technical climate information into emotionally resonant and understandable content for diverse audiences, including children and policymakers.
• Small catalytic grants serve as a springboard for long-term growth, helping youth-led initiatives secure follow-on funding, enter innovation challenges, and gain recognition in international networks.
• The most significant capacity building occurs when funding is paired with structured support, such as mentorship, communications workshops, and opportunities for global visibility.
• Meaningful youth engagement requires shifting from symbolic participation to 'proximate leadership,' where young people hold substantive roles as co-designers, implementers, and advisors in resilience agendas.
• Integrating youth-generated evidence—such as community-generated data and citizen science—into global policy spaces like the COP Resilience Hub legitimizes lived experience as a valid form of evidence for adaptation policy.
• To ensure equitable participation across the Global South, programs must address systemic barriers including limited internet access, language constraints, and the need for multilingual application and reporting materials.

APA

Kimaiyo, J., Engheepi, V., & Vora, S. (n.d.). Advancing Resilience Report. Global Resilience Partnership. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/youth-learning-report.pdf

Chicago

Kimaiyo, June, Vilina Engheepi, and Shuchi Vora. Advancing Resilience Report. Global Resilience Partnership, n.d. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/youth-learning-report.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{kimaiyondadvancing, author = {Kimaiyo, June and Engheepi, Vilina and Vora, Shuchi}, title = {{Advancing Resilience Report}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/youth-learning-report.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }