BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN A
CHANGING CLIMATE
September 14 to November 6, 2026 Human-induced climate change is one of the most pressing
building resilience in the face of these challenges—through
challenges of our time, reshaping how people live, work, and
powerful acts of resistance and collective mobilization, as
imagine the future. Its impacts are felt across all sectors of
well as the subtle, everyday practices that sustain life.
society, including water and food systems, housing, health and sanitation, employment, industry, finance, security, and migration. At the same time, climate action intersects with the priorities of many civil society actors—those advancing gender justice, upholding and honouring Indigenous rights and knowledge, and movements mobilizing around environmental protection, youth leadership, and a just transition for workers, among others.
This course introduces foundational concepts and approaches for engaging in climate change and resiliencebuilding work at the community level. It focuses on addressing injustice, rebuilding relationships, and exploring locally grounded solutions. Rooted in the understanding that all people and communities hold valuable knowledge, skills, and strengths, the course creates space for participants to share their own experiences – and those of their
In this context of overlapping crises and rapid change, there
communities, where appropriate – while engaging with
is a growing need to rethink how we understand the world,
climate resilience in ways that are meaningful within their
organize our societies, and relate to one another and the
own contexts.
more-than-human. Across scales, communities are already
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