Climate resilience framework: Training materials - Series 1: Establishing resilience principles

Series 1 is the first of three series that comprise the Climate Resilience Framework: Training Materials, which were designed to provide city stakeholders with the information and tools necessary to design a climate resilience strategy. 

Series 1 aims to get the lead partners in a city climate resilience planning process started. The training materials assume city stakeholders have no prior experience – that climate change is a new concept – and begin by building the capacity to understand and address climate change from the ground up. These materials are intentionally iterative, and support and rely on collaboration. They require personal and group reflection, and the creative engagement of everyone involved. 

The Climate Resilience Framework is a conceptual framework for simplifying and analyzing complex relationships between people, systems, institutions and climate change. The framework helps clarify factors that need to be included in the diagnosis of climate vulnerability, structures the systematic analysis of vulnerability in ways that clearly identify the entry points for responding, and supports strategic planning to build resilience to climate change.