many of our best minds are already focused on building sustainable cities developing green technologies redesigning systems and rethinking individual lifestyles for the young the challenges encapsulated in the sustainable development goals are not just urgent but often also personal and inspiring strengthening cognitive emotional and social resilience and adaptability is perhaps the most significant challenge for modern education as it affects virtually every part of the education system it starts with the understanding that resilience is not a personality trait but a process that can be learned and developed