This interactive Dialogue summarizes what was accomplished by the Climate Chance African Coalitions during our Virtual Workshops, and discusses how various non-state actors responded to the COVID-19 crisis and ensuing challenges, and how this creates lessons for long-term resilience. Given the COVID-19 crisis, in order to keep the momentum leading up to COP26, Climate Chance organized a Series of weekly Virtual Workshops with our 9 African Coalitions on adaptation, agriculture, energy, circular economy, building, climate finance, sustainable cities, education and mobility. Each of these coalitions have their own roadmaps, which aim to reduce overall GHG emissions of their sectors, by sharing knowledge and best practices. Climate Chance has organized this interactive Dialogue to summarize outcomes of the Virtual Workshops, and discuss how the coalitions responded to the COVID-19 outbreak and related crises, and implications for climate, sustainability and resilience, particularly in the African context. The Virtual Workshops gathered voices from various countries, sector and areas of relevance, sharing strategies deployed and experiences from the pandemic and the lockdown. Drawing from these narratives, this session highlights the strengths and weaknesses of existing models and systems, and how post-crisis lessons can be incorporated into climate action, potentially influencing the revaluation of NDCs.