A group of six young women in Jamaica have been selected for the next phase of Envisioning Resilience, a groundbreaking initiative that provides women with a training opportunity to use visual storytelling to inform National Adaptation Plan (NAP) decision-makers about how climate change is affecting their lives and how they envision resilience to its impacts.

The NAP Global Network and Lensational launched Envisioning Resilience in 2021 to address these challenges. Through the initiative, women on the frontlines of climate change are developing their skills in photography and storytelling, learning about climate impacts in their region, and sharing their visions of resilience with decision-makers involved in NAP processes. Further, the process supports economic empowerment by offering to sell the trainees’ photographs on Lensational’s online platform.