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Session title: Faith-Rooted SRM: Community Intelligence, Youth Leadership, and Climate Resilient Solutions to Reduce Humanitarian Risk
Organizer(s): GISF, Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation
2 Mar 26 14:00-15:00
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SessionAbstract

Across climate-vulnerable regions, faith-based actors play a crucial role in enabling frontline communities to anticipate, prepare for, and mitigate humanitarian risks. Building on field experience from  Thailand, Malaysia, Poland, Jordan, Turkey, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Haiti, and other contexts, this session explores how faith-rooted values and evidence-based programming can work together to strengthen risk management systems, expand anticipatory action, and improve safety outcomes for those most vulnerable to climate and conflict disruptions. The Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation will share operational cases where community intelligence, women-led livelihoods, youth leadership pipelines, and circular economy innovations (6R Eco Technology) translate compassion into dignity-centered resilience and structural impact. Together with security risk, humanitarian and interagency partners, this discussion invites practical reflection on how local actors and faith communities can be recognized as trusted risk partners within SRM architecture — not only as beneficiaries or implementers. Key questions will examine barriers to integration, models of scaling, and where collaboration with UNHCR and GISF can accelerate the development of climate-resilient humanitarian systems.


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