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Embracing informality: A crucial element in crafting equitable urban resilience

Learn how the Southern African Resilience Academy’s Informality and Equitable Urban Resilience Working Group synthesised research and practice to examine how informality influences urban resilience.

Youth taking the lead: Reflections from the 2023 Asia Pacific Youth Environment Forum 

As next week marks the start of the sixth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) on 26 February, Rubina Adhikari from ICCCAD shares her reflections from last year's youth forum.

What I learnt over three years of reporting on the COP Resilience Hub

From resilience as ‘everywhere but nowhere at COP’ to resilience as central to equitable and efficient climate action – insights from COP26, COP27, and COP28 Resilience Hubs

The timeless wake up call

Knowledge Into Use award winner, Amava Oluntu, works with young people using arts and storytelling to address and convey the impacts of climate change in Cape Town, South Africa.

Food insecurity and climate change swings young creatives into action

Knowledge Into Use award winner, Nobel Arts Entertainment works with young people in Cameroon on how to use arts to come up with solutions to issues like climate change, food insecurity, and conflict.

Using monitoring and evaluation to build equity and resilience

Learn how the Southern African Resilience Academy’s Monitoring and Evaluation Working Group worked with a range of participants to distill themes and insight on building equitable resilience.

In which language does the rain fall

Knowledge Into Use award winners, Natasha Sharma (Community Design Agency) with Himanshu Meena and Nikhil Sharma (Elementree Foundation) facilitated a series of creative workshops to localise, vocalise, and visualise climate change experiences in Govandi.

Bridging the gap: Strengthening urban food system in Zambia through resilience initiatives

Delve into an array of outputs from a cartoons to policy notes that aim to address the complex challenges within urban food systems in the region.

MetaMeta’s Drain to Gain Project: Road runoff harvesting for nature-based farming in Makueni

Meet one of the RAIN Challenge shortlisted candidates, MetaMeta, and learn how they are collaborating with farmers in Makueni County, Kenya on road runoff harvesting

CEGGI: Nurturing hope in the heart of Chigaga Village

Reflections from GRP's RAIN Challenge site visit to Uganda