1.2.16—System resilience
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2026
- Objective
- 1.2.16
- Level
- HL
Resilience Protects Function Through Change
Resilience is a system’s capacity to resist disturbance, avoid a tipping point, then recover or adapt while maintaining key functions.
Look for function and regime, not unchanged components. Resistance, recovery and adaptation are different routes to resilience.
A grassland loses leaves in a fire but regrows with its nutrient cycling intact; component change did not remove system function.
Yes, if key functions recover or adapt without an unwanted regime shift.
Resilience is not only resistance; recovery and adaptation count.