Civic Movements Muscle: Building Social Resilience in Critical Times

When floods, heatwaves or war strike, the communities that recover best are those with strong social ties. This panel looks at how mass civic movements build that "civic muscle" before a crisis hits. World Cleanup Day began in Estonia in 2008 and now mobilises millions of people in 190+ countries each year. Let's Do It Ukraine turned its cleanup network into a humanitarian lifeline in the first days of the full-scale invasion. Speakers from Let's Do It Ukraine, UN-Habitat and the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will discuss how citizen networks protect vulnerable groups, sustain livelihoods and support a just transition. They will also discuss how governments, cities and the UN system can recognise civic participation as a core part of climate resilience, and invest in it.