An estimated 282 million people in 59 countries are facing acute levels of hunger, and many are on the brink of starvation. In addition, there are tens of millions more people living in hunger who are not counted because of lack of consensus on available information. Globally, millions of children do not benefit from diets that support healthy growth and development. Half of infants under six months of age are not exclusively breastfed as recommended in the first six months of life, and two in three children aged 6–23 months are not fed the minimum diverse diet they need to grow and develop to their full potential. This translates to approximately 202 million children that are living in severe food poverty. Stunting affected an estimated 148 million children under five years of age globally in 2022 while wasting threatened the lives of 45 million children under five years. These figures are a stark indictment of the reversal in progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2—to end hunger and achieve food security and improved nutrition for all by 2030. Under current projections, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023 report estimates that more than 600 million people worldwide will be facing hunger in 2030. The concept of resilience bridges the humanitarian, development and peace nexus and highlights how the well-being of elements of a system can be affected by shocks. The United Nations defines resilience as “the ability of individuals, households, communities, cities, institutions, systems and societies to prevent, resist, absorb, adapt, respond and recover positively, efficiently and effectively when faced with a wide range of risks, while maintaining an acceptable level of functioning without compromising long-term prospects for sustainable development, peace and security, human rights and well-being for all”. Systems, institutions, and people, are considered resilient when they have at their disposal a set of distinct capacities and resources that are crucial to cope with, withstand, or bounce back from adverse events and shocks. Resilience, with its strong forward-looking element, provides an adaptive framework to address and navigate the complexities of shocks and uncertainties before, during and after crises.