Community well-being and climate risks: Promoting a more people-focused perspective on climate impacts and resilience

The OECD WISE Centre organised this workshop to explore the impacts of climate risks on people’s well-being at the community level, showcasing a range of practice examples to centre a more people-focused perspective in climate research and action. Bringing together practitioners and experts from OECD and non-OECD Member countries, the workshop highlighted insights from work with both place-based communities and vulnerable communities to better understand the broader well-being impacts of climate risks – such as impacts on health, including mental health, social connections, and safety – as well as good practice in community-based and people-focused initiatives to boost climate resilience, including incorporating lived experience and supporting community programme co-design.