Building community resilience against complex risks

A new paper by Arthur Dahl was presented at the Justice Conference in the Netherlands on 20 April 2025, and is now available in text here and as a presentation on the IEF website here.

Communities are increasingly threatened by climate change and other environmental risks, unsustainable use of essential resources, economic vulnerabilities in a disintegrating world, and social challenges in fragmenting societies. Some outside dependencies cannot be avoided, but there are also potentials for self-sufficiency, and tools are available to explore these. Communities should build their capacity to read their local reality, consult on the options and resources available, and strengthen their resilience to live through the challenges ahead. Community solidarity is the best insurance in difficult times, and can maintain hope in the future.