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Resilient development

Resilient development

The resilient development pathway builds cities that can anticipate, prevent and recover from the impacts experienced on our ever-changing planet, while harnessing the opportunities of a more sustainable world.

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This pathway’s focus areas

Build

Build

climate resilience

Protect

Strengthen

Through this pathway, subnational governments make resilience a core part of their strategies and proactively tackle risks and impacts, prioritising the rights and needs of vulnerable sections of society. They continuously strengthen essential systems, building disaster preparedness and harnessing nature’s solutions. They pursue a transparent and inclusive approach that enhances trust in institutions and builds radical collaboration.

Pathway resources

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Mechanisms for Nexusing
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Mechanisms for Nexusing

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Publications & reports

Pathway projects

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Empowering communities through school food

Empowering communities through school food

Nutrition for our urban future. To provide evidence-based information on leveraging school food procurement to enhance local governance and strengthen food systems in Africa

Pathway news updates

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Reimagining African cities in 2050: Visioning just transitions 
17 February 2025

Reimagining African cities in 2050: Visioning just transitions 

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