Resilience in Action

Compounding shocks and stresses and protracted crises have become the new normal for many around the world. Post-pandemic, and for the first time in 30 years, extreme poverty is on the rise globally, and the years to come promise to be the hottest and most volatile years in modern history. These challenges – coupled with an increasingly resource-constrained outlook for humanitarian and development aid - necessitate aid actors to meaningfully engage with the increasing intensity and complexity of crises whilst prioritising solutions that outlast the next shock.

There are great opportunities for achieving transformational impact here,  by harnessing youth engagement; the increasing number of women in decision-making positions, especially in policy; and continued investment in climate initiatives, fuelling critical progress in long term adaptation. Key to transformational impact is building partnerships with local communities, as well across the private and public sectors, and making targeted, strategic investments that strengthen local services critical for managing risks.

Within this context, our panel will explore the ways in which programmes leverage and empower local systems to manage a range of shocks, expand climate-adapted services in disaster affected communities, and respond to humanitarian crises in ways that reduce chronic vulnerability to risks. Our panelists will present how they operationalise resilience to address these risks, how resilience brings value for money, how it connects to localisation, and what are the key enablers and barriers to supporting resilience.