One way to do that is develop what is known as a resilience action plan, or RAP.
A RAP is a way for communities (be they school-based, profession-based, or neighbourhood-based) to collectively assess their strengths and weaknesses ahead of coming disasters, identify priorities and build an implementation strategy.
Recent work with Tarnagulla a small town that sits in a bushfire and heatwave-prone part of rural Victoria offers an example. The community got together, applied for funding and co-produced with me (Mittul Vahanvati) a tailor-made RAP for their town.
Their example highlights how small scale, grass roots action trumps waiting around for large scale, top-down climate action to shape our future.