Hello everyone. My name is Buster Belar and today I'm here to talk to you about resilience. A phrase you've probably been told a thousand times over.And in these a thousand times, you've probably been told to be resilient, but you've not necessarily been given any advice or ideas on how to be resilient. In this talk, I'd like to do just that, giving you my own experiences and the experiences of others on what it means to be resilient to me. I decided to do this talk for two main reasons.The first being I've ...

Hello everyone. So um it's a journey for the Egyptian girl go from across the Nile to the Ptoic River. I grew up in Cairo, Egypt under the same vast sky that cover us all.But at night, I always gaze at the star and I wonder who puts him there. Why is there so shiny. But that word was far away from me.I was in Egypt that was crowded, busy, noisy, but beautiful. It was full of opportunity, full of excitements. But somehow something pulling me toward the sky, toward the sun, towards the moon.I wasn't sure what ...

History never announces itself when it's about to change. It doesn't just come knocking on your door to say that today will be the day that everything changes. It starts small.A faint whisper, a small act or a compelling choice. Yet these are the small invisible moments that change the world around us forever. These are what we call the butterfly effect.And right now, every one of us is on the edge between now and new. Hello everyone, my name is Sam Sudakur and I'm 13 years old. Now, let me tell you about s ...

[music] still wear the dress which I used to wear when I was 10 months old. Hello everyone. My name is Lia Agurval and this is my story of being tiny but mighty.Can you see. This is a seed. All seeds look small, but some grew fast, some grew tall, and some, like this one, may take their time.This one looked a little tender. That's me inside my mother's womb. at 29 weeks just like they said.The doctor said I had something called asymmetrical intrautine growth restriction. Raise your hands if you have ever he ...

In 2019 i swam 200 km through the cold water of Friesland. Three days, just water, will power, compassion and a lot of energy gels. There you go.With that swim, I raised more than 12 million euros for cancer research. do go fail in 2018 to finishing in 2019 isn't just grit it's a model one that me through leukemia olympic gold divorce and the 11 city swim it's a simple cycle think compassion do and it started not with success but with failure. It's 2018 and I'm swimming through Friesland in the dead of nigh ...

Hace más o menos 25 años aquí en Monterrey era una situación demasiado hostil para las personas LGBT más. Tengo 45 años, soy mujer, soy feminista, transfeminista y defensora de derechos humanos desde hace 25 años. Hace 25 años eh que transicioné, transicioné en el 95, 96, para mí la vida se convirtió muy difícil y por eso decidí enfrentar la sociedad que vivíamos en Nuevo León. Todo el mundo sabemos que Nuevo León es un estado muy machista, muy misógino y eso me llevó a decir un basta ya, ¿no? Un una manera ...

This cube is how I have felt all my life. Like this little black box in the middle of everything. But over time I realized being unfit to fit in was my real strength.Hi, this is Siddhhat Mean here. Uh you may be knowing me as a singer, some may be knowing me as an actor and some even as a cricketer. To be very honest with you all even I don't know how to introduce myself either.I grew up in Mumbai being a Malali kid there I stood out in Kerala also I was different because I didn't speak the language much at ...

The way we see the world is the way we grow in it. That phrase is what really catches my attention as well as shaping this whole speech. This speech will showcase how we choose to see the world in our own perspective.How we see the world can practically change everything and can make a large impact on your personal growth. You see, a few months back is where I realized that statement is true. I was aiming at a very important and extreme goal of mine.a goal where if I achieved it, it would have felt like pie ...

Io credo di essere più brava a cantare che a parlare, anzi lo dico per certo, quindi mi scuso. Stasera parlare è non è semplice, anzi è durissimo, ma non perché manchino le parole, ma perché bisognava sceglierle con cura. E allora io vi chiedo scusa se mi affido alla scrittura, però questo è il mio modo per per mettere in ordine, per respirare e per capire.Eh, le parole mi accompagnano e adesso più che mai mi sostengono e quindi spero che possano aprire uno spazio, possano raccontare un passaggio, possano i ...

Key Arguments - The current financial architecture is not designed for a world of constant crisis, reacting instead of anticipating risks [6] - South Africa needs hundreds of trillions of US dollars by mid-century to tackle climate change [7] - The Just Energy Investment Plan estimates a need of $98 billion over the next 5 years to transition to a low-carbon economy [7] - Of the $11.5 billion secured for the Just Energy Transition, only 7% is in the form of grants, while over half are loans [8] Financial Resilience & Investment Strategies - Financial resilience is defined as the ability of markets to adapt to and absorb shocks while maintaining sustainability and growth [6] - Catalytic capital is essential for absorbing risks and unlocking further investment [8] - The Galapagos Islands debt-for-nature swap demonstrates how layered funding models (donor grants, concessional loans, institutional investment) can turn debt into climate action [15][16] - South Africa's Green Outcomes Fund has leveraged 100 million rand in public money to create four times that amount in private sector funding for small green jobs [19] Recommendations for Systemic Change - Build capacity in communities for governance and finance, and in investors for local context [20] - De-risk resilience investments through guarantees, public funding, and concessional loans [21] - Make resilience attractive by lowering interest rates for climate outcomes and rewarding long-term sustainable views through policy and pricing [21] - Governments need to provide clear policy signals, structure catalytic funds, and simplify processes to facilitate the flow of funds to investable projects [23]