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How can you engage communities to build climate change resilience?

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Climate change is a global challenge that affects everyone, but not in the same way. Some communities are more vulnerable and exposed to the impacts of extreme weather, sea level rise, food insecurity, and health risks. To cope with these threats, communities need to build resilience, which means the ability to adapt, recover, and transform in the face of change. But how can you engage communities to build climate change resilience? Here are some tips and strategies to help you.

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1 Understand the context

Before you start any engagement process, you need to understand the local context of the community you want to work with. This includes their culture, values, needs, aspirations, challenges, opportunities, and existing capacities. You also need to identify the key stakeholders, such as local leaders, organizations, groups, and individuals, who can influence or be affected by the resilience actions. By doing this, you can tailor your approach and communication to fit the community's preferences and expectations.

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Joseph Corcoran

Sustainability Management | Consultant @ CEMAsys.com | Sustainable Business Leader
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Climate change is impacting everybody on the planet, but the ways in which it impacts communities can differ greatly. A town built on farming may resonate with issues such as soil quality and increased whether volatility, while a metropolitan hub would likely be more concerned about air quality and the urban heat island effect. These are general examples, but the message stands strong. Know the people, know their passion, and provide them with relevant information.

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Amira Fouad

Program Manager - I care about Sustainability, Clean Energy, Data Protection, Gender Equality and power of Social Media
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Climate change is felt by all for sure but we all have our weak spots. Understand your audiences main pain points from climate change and start to develop your message to meet that. Discuss with them problems and stories they can relate to.

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2 Build trust and relationships

Engaging communities to build climate change resilience requires trust and relationships. You cannot expect people to participate and collaborate if they do not trust you or each other. Therefore, you need to invest time and effort in building rapport, respect, and mutual understanding with the community members and stakeholders. You can do this by listening to their stories, acknowledging their perspectives, showing empathy, and being transparent and accountable. You also need to foster relationships among the community members and stakeholders, by creating spaces and opportunities for dialogue, networking, and learning.

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Amira Fouad

Program Manager - I care about Sustainability, Clean Energy, Data Protection, Gender Equality and power of Social Media
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Would you accept advice or guidance from a stranger? I dont think so. Thats why its critical to build trust and rapor between you an your audience. This can be done by so many ways. You can try to sense out their problems and offer customized solutions. You can work on building a community through activities, until you gain their trust. Or perhaps you can reach out to the community leaders and impactful people and use their trustworthiness as an extension to your discussion.

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3 Empower and enable participation

Engaging communities to build climate change resilience also requires empowerment and participation. You need to ensure that the community members and stakeholders have a voice and a choice in the resilience actions. You can do this by using participatory methods and tools, such as surveys, workshops, focus groups, mapping, games, and storytelling, that allow them to share their knowledge, opinions, and preferences. You also need to enable their participation, by providing them with information, resources, skills, and support that they need to take action.

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Amira Fouad

Program Manager - I care about Sustainability, Clean Energy, Data Protection, Gender Equality and power of Social Media
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Telling people what to do is not enough, you need to empower them to actually adopt the sustainbility solutions, understand how their behaviors need to change, and how to otackle future obstacles sustainably. Choose what is best fit to empower the community according to the technicality of the solutions offered and the audience demographics ( like their aghe, level of education, etc). Some of the other factors that will also impact your choice are the budgets allocated and the time frame available to empower this community.

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4 Co-create and co-implement solutions

Engaging communities to build climate change resilience ultimately requires co-creation and co-implementation of solutions. You need to involve the community members and stakeholders in the design and delivery of the resilience actions, from planning to evaluation. You can do this by using co-creative methods and tools, such as brainstorming, prototyping, testing, and feedback, that allow them to generate and refine ideas, solutions, and strategies. You also need to co-implement the solutions, by sharing responsibilities, roles, and benefits with the community members and stakeholders.

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5 Monitor and evaluate outcomes

Engaging communities to build climate change resilience is not a one-off event, but an ongoing process. You need to monitor and evaluate the outcomes of the resilience actions, both in terms of their effectiveness and their impacts on the community. You can do this by using monitoring and evaluation methods and tools, such as indicators, surveys, interviews, observations, and stories, that allow you to measure and document the changes and learnings that occur. You also need to share and communicate the outcomes with the community members and stakeholders, and celebrate and acknowledge their contributions and achievements.

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6 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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Usha Pillai, Ph.D.

Principal Consultant | Product Carbon Footprint | LCA | CBAM | Climate Regulations | AI in Climate Tech | Engineer | Entrepreneur | Environmental Leader ????
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Local politics have heavily influenced my municipality's response to climate change. Despite generous state resilience grants, our conservative town board is reluctant to apply. In contrast, neighboring towns, just 5 miles away, actively pursue sustainability measures, hiring managers, seeking grants, and consulting experts. While we here discuss cultivating trust and engaging stakeholders, such practical challenges persist, especially in the US. From my experience, the catalyst for action lies in firsthand encounters with climate change hazards and the associated costs. When these reach a tipping point, meaningful steps are taken.

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