Urban risk & planning

The Resilient Sydney Strategy 2025-2030 is a program for Greater Sydney to build the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses and systems to survive, adapt and thrive in the face of chronic stresses and acute shocks.

The study investigates flash floods and waterlogging risks in Chittagong City, Bangladesh, highlighting urban planning failures and climate change impacts. It advocates sustainable urban governance and resilience-building to reduce future disaster risks.

For real, lasting climate adaptation and to avoid maladaptation, there is a need to complement top-down with bottom-up approach to climate adaptation-one that includes and empowers the communities most at risk as equal partners.

This report examines the role of community-led climate adaptation in enhancing the inclusiveness, resilience, and sustainability of cities, focusing on rapidly growing informal settlements.

By rethinking traditional approaches to infrastructure and embracing integrated solutions we can create more liveable, sustainable urban environments that address multiple needs at once.

Many cities and countries remain chronically unprepared in what the UN calls an "adaptation gap". But there are five ways to catalyse more effective - and ultimately more progressive - climate adaptation and resilience.

Fires are getting more extreme and growing faster than they did in the past and as development expands toward fire-prone forests, more homes are at risk.

When major earthquakes hit communities may bear the brunt, but they also lead recovery efforts. As Myanmar mobilizes its response, here are five key lessons to guide the way forward.