Resilience Hub is an inclusive virtual and physical space to mobilise action on resilience and adaptation at COP29 and going beyond to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Resilience Hub is officially home to Race to Resilience Campaign and collaborates closely with High Level Champions, COP Presidencies of Egypt and the UAE and UNFCCC Secretariat to ensure synergies and to serve as the focal point on climate action on adaptation and resilience. This builds on the success of the previous Resilience Hubs carried out at COP 26, COP 27 and COP 28 and its Regional Hubs.
The Resilience Hub at COP29
The Resilience Hub is now in its fourth year, building on three successful Hubs since launching at COP26 in Glasgow. This marks a great moment to reflect on three years of knowledge gained and re-orient the Resilience Hub’s program to one that seeks to tackle or ‘solve’ key challenges or barriers that still exist to achieving the mission of the Resilience Hub: to increase levels of awareness, investment and action on climate resilience.
What will we do differently this year?Â
In 2024, the Resilience Hub will be replacing themes with challenges: at COP29, we will have six challenges across six days, focusing on one challenge each day (aligning with COP29 Presidency theme days where possible) instead of having individual thematic sessions spread across the COP.
With each challenge, we are aiming to compile a series of key messages, proposed solutions and recommendations that can be turned into a ‘call to action on resilience and adaptation’. The call to action should be presented to the UNFCCC and the incoming COP Presidency (COP30) to directly influence their plans for the next twelve months, ahead of the crucial COP30 in Brazil (10 years since the Paris Agreement, halfway point in the crucial climate decade).
The Six Challenges
Using a resilience lens, how can we better:
1. Anticipate and manage economic disruption and close finance gaps?
2. Address and overcome food and water insecurity?
3. Promote nature-positive action to help recover from and prevent further biodiversity loss and environmental degradation?
4. Build stronger, safer and healthier urban communities where everyone can thrive?
5. Prepare for extreme weather events and improve disaster recovery efforts?
6. Ensure the incorporation of culture and Indigenous and local knowledge at every level of decision making
Each challenge must address these cross-cutting themes: (1) Finance: fostering access to financing for local actors and reducing the financing gap between adaptation and mitigation; (2) Innovation; (3) Radical Collaboration: uplifting frontline voices and democratizing decision-making spaces; (4) Gender and Equity
Full details on each challenge can be found here.
Please complete the form below stating what Challenge you are interested in and in what capacity; Session Co-Host or Speaker. If you are applying to be a Session Co-Host, please read the Session Co-Host TOR beforesubmitting. Note that all sessions will be co created between 2 to 3 organizations, so please be prepared to collaborate on sessions. No session can be led by a single organisation.
EOI Deadline: Applications close on Thursday 5th September 2024
Submission Criteria:
1. For Session co-host interest – The session submission MUST be between 2-3 different organizations representing a mix of scales or geographies and expertise. If you are submitting as ONE organization, please be aware that you maybe be matched with others to insure a holistic approach to the topic
2. at least 60% of intended speakers must be able to attend COP in person and have secured their own blue zone pass (The Resilience Hub events will be hybrid with the opportunity for virtual speakers and audiences to engage)
3. at least one of the sessions hosts must be able to attend COP in person and have secured their own blue zone pass
*** The Resilience Hub can not support in any financial capacity or secure blue zone passes for attendance at COP29.***
We will not be able to accommodate ALL requests/submissions due to a reduced presence at COP29.Â
