Building resilience together

Young people are increasingly recognised as influential agents of change in climate resilience, bringing creativity, lived experience, and a strong commitment to equity. Nonetheless, many still face obstacles in accessing transformative learning environments that support experimentation, reflection, and learning from failure. Overcoming these challenges necessitates intentional, inclusive programme design that centres equity and cultivates collaborative leadership. The Global Resilience Partnership’s (GRP) approach has been to integrate capacity development, knowledge brokering, and creative storytelling, establishing conditions where young leaders can combine lived experience with evidence and translate this knowledge into effective, locally relevant adaptation strategies. This report distils key lessons from GRP’s youth programming, underscoring how creative, inclusive, and locally rooted strategies drive sustainable progress in climate adaptation and resilience efforts.