publicationAugust 8, 2024

Indigenous Peoples’ Resilience Framework: Executive Summary

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The Indigenous Peoples' Resilience Framework identifies defining principles, internal drivers and external enablers that support Indigenous Peoples' resilience to climate change and other external shocks. It also informs cross-sectoral policies and programs that could directly or indirectly bolster or undermine the drivers and enablers of this resilience.

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Indigenous Peoples have demonstrated remarkable resilience and have made significant contributions to the sustainability of the planet, despite multiple and persistent threats to their peoples, cultures, and ways of life. Even though they have contributed little to cause climate change and have made significant contributions to climate mitigation, Indigenous Peoples are disproportionately impacted by climate shocks and disasters. The World Bank, together with Indigenous Peoples, has developed an Indigenous Peoples’ Resilience Framework that builds on experiences, evidence and stories of Indigenous Peoples’ resilience from 16 countries across three continents.

Resilience is the ability of Indigenous Peoples to exercise their right to self-determination, the ability to use their territory, their ancestral knowledge, their forms of governance, their internal norms, and their capacity to ally with external actors to face difficult situations.
Indigenous Miskitu woman leader

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