The impacts of climate change are shared unevenly. Understanding the lived experiences of different groups is key to strengthening climate resilience and sustainable development.

Individual-level data shows the groups that are most impacted, who has fewer resources to adapt, and who faces compounding risks. It also reveals the ways individuals adapt to climate impacts, transform their livelihoods, and build long-term resilience to withstand future shocks. These insights are critical to developing effective and targeted strategies.

Revealing Resilience aims to increase visibility and awareness of inclusive data innovations to inform and strengthen global development and climate adaption. The project also works to expand the use of existing measurement tools and approaches, strengthening the capacity of partner organisations to support inclusive development across the Asia-Pacific region.

The Challenge

People experience climate impacts and resilience differently, shaped by factors such as gender, age, disability, and the intersection of these. Yet, most data on resilience, poverty, and inequality are collected at the household or community level, masking important individual differences.

Without individual-level insights, development and climate responses risk overlooking people’s specific needs, capacities, opportunities, and agency.

The Approach

This project supports organisations to use individual-level measurement tools and collect inclusive data to enable evidenced-based climate action.

Funded by the Australian Government as part of its Climate Resilient Communities program, this initiative is led by the University of Technology Sydney-Institute for Sustainable Futures (UTS-ISF) with the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA).

Equality Insights is an inclusive data program delivered by IWDA that has developed world-leading measurement tools and generates individual-level insights that influence policy, inform programming, and inspire social change.