Table 1 Key elements for community resilience and climate change practice
From: Building community resilience in a context of climate change: The role of social capital
Developing and maintaining adaptability and flexibility to continue to guide and draw on different resources and capacities when needed
Accounting for shocks (e.g. floods) and stresses (e.g. food insecurity), direct and indirect foreseen and unforeseen changes and outcomes to build specific and generalised resilience
Including diverse perspectives by connecting horizontally (e.g. across social groups/ policy sectors) to develop novel synergistic solutions to address multiple concerns
Strengthening vertical connections across social levels (individual, family, community, government organisations), engaging with issues of social power to enhance support and enable collaborative action
Engaging in transformative action to proactively reduce carbon emissions
Drawing on positive climate narratives to create hope and inspire action
Fostering creativity and imagination to envisage alternative futures to guide change
Ensuring climate disadvantage and reducing inequities is a core dimension in decision-making to overcome injustices of climate change and climate action
Crafting processes and pathways by encouraging meaningful participation, learning and empowering for and through change
Creating transformative change, rather than adjusting or reforming existing conditions