Timeline

Resilience Frontiers was launched in Songdo in 2019, when a group of over 100 leading thinkers came together to use foresight thinking to develop eight pathways of change to chart the route to this future. A successful return to the Republic of Korea for Songdo 2, saw representatives from the Pathway working groups and the […]

The second Resilience Frontiers brainstorming meeting took place in Gaborone. It was held at the Botswana Global Adaptation Week from 22nd August 2022 for 5 days and brought together a diverse range of thought leaders and organizations to unpack the eight pathways, and the visions and narratives underpinning these. For more details you can see our […]

A strategy session with various stakeholders took place at the UN Campus in Bonn, February 2022. This was a capacity-building event where we discussed and prioritised plans for the year, with expertise and suggestions from stakeholders. This was complemented by a full day of foresight training, and rounded up with a team planning session.

Virtual Resilience Lab Series #1 Resilience Frontiers convened the Virtual Resilience Lab series between July and September 2020, as a continuation of its effort to engage global thought leaders. Part I of the Virtual Resilience Lab series took place on 29–30 July, with a focus on ‘Fostering a ‘nature-first’ global culture to ensure environmental stewardship’. This two-day event covered the following topics, […]

For the first time, COP 25 featured a Resilience Frontiers Pavilion, a focal point for future thinking approaches to creating a desirable world. Discussions and events held within the Resilience Lab challenged participants to re-examine their assumptions and transcend the boundaries of mainstream thought on adaptation and resilience building. Speakers and attendees were asked to look […]

In October 2019, during the Asia Pacific Climate Week, the Resilience Frontiers team hosted a dialogue on indigenous values. During COP25 in Madrid, Spain, two further open and interactive dialogues were held: ‘Ecosystems and Human Wellbeing’, and ‘2050: A Vision of Transformed Food Systems for People and the Planet’. All dialogues were well received.    

Preparatory meetings held at COP 24 in 2018 laid the foundations for the initiative that became Resilience Frontiers and was launched with the First Brainstorming Meeting in Songdo 2019.