#Recover_Better_Together: Capacity-building stories from members of the PCCB Network community

As asserted by UN Secretary General António Guterres, the recovery from the coronavirus crisis must lead to a better world. Solutions for economic recovery should be responsive to the climate emergency and enable a transition to a global new normal: a greener, fairer, and more sustainable state of the world.

The magnitude of the action needed to make this happen is beyond the power of one, some, or even all the national governments around the world. Much like the response to the pandemic, a green recovery from this global shock requires joint efforts, commitments, and resources of multiple actors at all levels; governments, businesses, academic communities, the civil society, and local communities. 

The COVID-19 outbreak has not diminished the need for climate-related capacity-building efforts; quite the contrary, it has brought to light its significance more than ever before. Higher capacities of various state and non-state actors can lead to better informed decisions, impactful skills, and fit-for-purpose tools for greater climate action. Given multiple realities on the ground, building and strengthening climate capacities at the national, sub-national, and local levels is key to ensure the ability of relevant actors to assess, plan, and act effectively in the face of global crises.

In an effort to do its part to keep the momentum on capacity-building for climate action, the Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB) asked members of its network to share their stories and efforts on how to #Recover_Better_Together. 

#Recover_Better_Together is the story of climate actors that have strived to ensure safe and uninterrupted enhancement of capacity-building efforts during the time of crisis, while devising new ways to contribute to a fair and green recovery.

Nine members of the PCCB Network joined this effort, aiming to add a capacity-building perspective to the ongoing debates.

Our Future Water contributed to this effort with a video stating that to achieve water security in the face of climatic extremes, we need to utilise nature and protect communities from water-related disasters. To enhance capacity in water resources management during this COVID-19 times, Our Future Water has collaborated with like-minded partners globally on how to build a water-secure world with outputs being a series of white papers and articles to inform the public on the need to create a water-secure future in a Post-COVID-19 world.