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Local Time

Timezone: Europe/Madrid

Date: Nov 18 2025

Time: 18:30 - 19:30

This session spotlights a defining moment in the global effort to build resilience where it matters most: in people’s lives. Across regions, tangible progress is taking shape as smallholder farmers and fisherfolk access finance to adapt to shifting seasons, communities benefit from early warning systems, homes are reinforced against extreme weather, and ecosystems are restored to protect livelihoods.

As the climate crisis worsens, resilience has become essential for stability, survival, and shared prosperity. It connects adaptation, equity, and economic security, demonstrating that investments in resilience provide tangible social and economic benefits. While the latest Race to Resilience report shows clear progress from promises and planning to action and real-world impact, much remains to be done. The challenge is still significant, and we are still a long way from protecting people from harm.

This session will examine how to scale effective solutions, enhance locally led action, provide adequate and predictable funding, and incorporate resilience into core climate and development strategies. It will also cover how progress can be measured through people-centred metrics and frameworks that reflect real outcomes for communities and ecosystems.

Objectives

Highlight the legacy of COP30 in putting people at the centre of climate action.

Showcase practical examples of equitable and locally led adaptation across sectors and regions.

Converge towards a shared vision of inclusive, people-centred resilience in the Global South.

Identify metrics and mechanisms that link adaptation finance and delivery to lived outcomes.

Chart pathways to strengthen collaboration between governments, communities, and the private sector.

Moderator

Marcia Toledo. Director Adaptation & Resilience / Race to Resilience / Climate High-Level Champions.

Speakers

Ratna Pawitra. Head of Grants Programme / Samdhana Institute / Indonesia

Jayvy Gamboa. Assistant Director for Policy and Governance / Manila Observatory / Philippines.

Albert Salamanca. Head of Secretariat / Adaptation Research Alliance.

Elena Olmos Carbonell. Generación Clima Spanish Youth Delegate / University of Alicante / Spain

Fundacion Avina (speaker to be confirmed)