Multi-solving Brief

To help contextualize multi-solving and gather lessons learned from youth in the Global South, we recorded Building Back Better: The Storytellers, a 3-part audio blog series highlighting their experiences. Ten youth representing the different regions of the Global South shared their definitions of multi-solving and outlined design principles and recommendations for government and civil society in adopting this approach. Working at the intersections of climate change, circular economy, healthcare, youth empowerment, renewable energy and more, they demonstrate how young people are already putting multi-solving into practice at the grassroots level. This brief synthesizes their insights with theory and case studies from the multi-solving literature to explain the what, why and how of multi-solving, and offer recommendations for governments, development agencies, and other organizations.

This brief is part of the Youth Climate Lab (YCL) and the Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) project Youth Voices on Climate Action and Recovery on the road to COP26.

This resource on multi-solving and how it can be used to further climate justice was produced in partnership with Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) and with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).