Climate Risk and Resilience Toolkit 

For businesses, industries and cities, the built environment and infrastructure is where climate risk becomes economic reality.  

These curated insights help business and city leaders respond with confidence. They translate global expertise into practical guides for decarbonization, nature restoration and climate resilient action.

Energy efficient and decarbonized assets

Practical guides to accelerate the transition to low carbon futures by informing strategies and formulating policies across real-estate, construction, energy and other sectors.

Adaptive Reuse of Built Assets

A model policy on repurposing existing buildings and assets to extend their lifespan (2024).

Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA)

A model policy to create WLCA legislation and policies for major developments (2023).

Adoption Playbook for Whole Life Carbon

A playbook supporting the adoption of WLCA policy and overcoming challenges (2024).

Practitioners Guide to Whole Life Carbon

A guide for practitioners on ways to comply and prepare for WLCA implementation (2024). 

Reducing Embodied Carbon in Cities

A white paper on nine solutions for enabling greener buildings and communities (2024).

Decarbonization of Buildings

A briefing paper about the 'building value framework' for shifting how value is defined and perceived (2022). 

Green Buildings Principles

An insight report providing steps to deliver net-zero carbon real estate portfolios and guidance on implementation (2021).

Net-Zero Carbon Cities - Energy

An insight report recommending an integrated energy approach as a solution, defined as systemic efficiency (2021).

Nature restoration 

Practical guides to accelerate the transition to nature positive cities and industries by informing strategies and formulating policies. 

CEO Briefing: Financing the Transition in Cities 

This briefing articulates the arguments for why financial institutions must take action on nature.

Nature Positive: Financing the Transition in Cities

An insight report making the financial case for nature solutions and provides guidelines for city and business leaders (2025).

Nature Positive: Guidelines for the Transition in Cities

An insight report for regenerating nature in cities with guiding frameworks and tools to support decisions (2024).

Nature Positive: Leaders' Insights for the Transition 

An insight report highlighting success stories of weaving nature into urban life and offers scalable solutions (2025).

Cities’ Efforts to Advance the Transition – Barranquilla 

Barranquilla, one of Colombia’s fastest-growing cities, is redefining urban development by investing over $380 million in green infrastructure, renewable energy and water management (2025).

Cities’ Efforts to Advance the Transition – San Francisco

San Francisco is leading the shift towards ecological resilience by embedding nature into city planning through partnerships, community engagement and standardized data systems (2025).

Cities’ Efforts to Advance the Transition – Durban

The City of Durban and the eThekwini Municipality are enhancing partnerships and initiatives, structures, and plans to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030, while maximizing its economic and social potential (2024).

Sector Transitions to Nature Positive 

These insights are also part of the Nature Positive Transitions series that informs sectoral approaches for business, guides the financing sector, and helps cities reconcile their relationship with nature, while aligning with the Global Biodiversity Framework. 

Climate adaptation and resilience

Practical guides to accelerate the transition to extreme weather risk adaptation and resilience across infrastructure, along with insights to catalyse public and private action across key resilience drivers for sustainable and inclusive growth. 

Business on the Edge: Building Industry Resilience to Climate Hazards

An insight report exploring climate hazards, showing how heat and flood threaten corporate fixed assets with potentially annual earnings losses of 6.6%–7.3% by 2035, and offers a roadmap for progress (2024). 

Resilient Economies: Strategies for Sinking Cities, Infrastructure and Flood Risks

An insight report highlighting the pathways for addressing compounding risks from land subsidence and extreme weather event to built infrastructure, economic and societal resilience (2025). 

Resilient Economies: Flood Adaptation Infrastructure Innovations - Japan

A briefing paper on infrastructure innovations across urban-rural areas of Japan, enabling immediate and long-term adaptation and building resilient to increasing flood risks (2026).

From Wildfire Risk to Resilience: The Investment Case for Action

A white paper presenting a framework for shifting towards prevention-focused, long-term wildfire resilience by making risk reduction measurable, priceable and financeable (2026).

Delivering Climate Resilient Cities Using a Systems Approach

An insight report providing cities with an actionable strategy to take a systems approach to climate resilience strategies. It provides a 5-step action plan to guide cities in adopting a systems approach to urban infrastructure delivery (2022). 

Resilient Firms and Economies: How to Help Unlock Growth in Emerging Markets

A white paper examining how coordinated actions can turn resilience challenges into sustainable growth, as only one in four companies feel prepared across resilience dimensions (2025).

Resilience Pulse Check: Harnessing Collaboration to Navigate a Volatile World

A white paper on how businesses are responding to today’s challenges, with insights from over 250 leaders across industries and regions (2025).

Building a Resilient Tomorrow: Concrete Actions for Global Leaders

A white paper showcasing pioneering initiatives from public and private organizations with concrete actions to promote resilience and identify opportunities for collaboration and investments (2024).

High-quality built environment and infrastructure

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Adds Economic Value

High-quality Baukultur prioritizes cultural values and long-term investments over short-term economic gain, conserves and increases economic value, and is high value in use. It maintains and develops resources through long-term uses in alignment with the location and design, economy of construction and operation, and through the use of high-quality, long-lasting building fabric.

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Connects People

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Protects the Environment

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Follows Good Governance

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Improves Sense of Place 
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Fits the Purpose

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Results in Spatial Coherence

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Is Beautiful

Other resources and case studies

Through it's activities the Davos Baukultur Alliance aims to identify and promote innovative practices and develop global policy principles and concrete tools to advance high-quality Baukultur.  Explore the toolkit below for supporting reports and case studies.

The Open Data Charter is a collaboration between over 150 governments and organisations working to open up data based on a shared set of principles. We promote policies and practices that enable governments and CSOs to collect, share, and use well-governed data, to respond effectively and accountably to the following focus areas: anti-corruption, climate action and pay equity.Governments that adopt the Open Data Charter, commit to deliver open data policies that make data accessible and freely available while protecting the rights of people and communities.
Government, Technology
International Open Data Charter
International Open Data Charter
An ordinance relating to The City of Seattle's acquisition and use of surveillance technologies
USA | Government, Technology
Seattle Surveillance Working Group
City of Seattle
This report explores the future of cities at night, and the role lighting solutions can play in enabling healthy, inclusive and sustainable urban lifestyles. It emphasises a more context-sensitive design approach and a holistic integration of lighting infrastructure into the urban fabric.
Cities Alive: Rethinking the Shades of Night
Arup Group
This report is designed as a tool for national policy-makers and regulators to create their own ICT accessibility policy frameworks. The report was prepared in cooperation with G3ict under the supervision of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) Special Initiatives Division.The report includes six modules focusing on different aspects of ICT accessibility (amendments to the existing ICT legal framework, public ICT access, mobile communications, television/video programming and public procurement of accessible ICTs) so that countries can prioritize implementation. In all modules the approach is to develop national policies in consultation with persons with disabilities.
Government, Technology
G3ict: Model ICT Accessibility Policy Report
The Privacy Advisory Commission provides advice to the City of Oakland on best practices to protect Oaklanders' privacy rights in connection with the City's purchase and use of surveillance equipment and other technology that collects or stores our data.
USA | Government, Technology
Oakland Privacy Advisory Committee
City of Oakland
On June 14, 2012, President Barak Obama signed an Executive Order to facilitate the deployment of broadband technology on Federal lands, buildings, rights of way, federally-assisted highways and tribal lands. This Executive Order has created a working group composed of representatives from various federal agencies, including the USDOT, involved in decisions related to access to Federal property and rights of way. The goal is to reduce barriers to the expansion of broadband services in underserved communities. Like the other agencies involved, the USDOT is required to facilitate the deployment of broadband.
USA | Government, Technology
Executive Order: Accelerating Broadband Infrastructure Deployment
US Department of Transportation
Computer security incident response has become an important component of information technology (IT) programs. Because performing incident response effectively is a complex undertaking, establishing a successful incident response capability requires substantial planning and resources. This publication assists organizations in establishing computer security incident response capabilities and handling incidents efficiently and effectively. This publication provides guidelines for incident handling, particularly for analyzing incident-related data and determining the appropriate response to each incident. The guidelines can be followed independently of particular hardware platforms, operating systems, protocols, or applications.Part of the Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC). Published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
USA | Government, Technology
NIST SP 800-61 Computer Security Incident Handling Guide
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
This document provides examples of good practice and includes a toolkit offering advice for highway authorities (HA) and utilities wishing to collaborate in a cooperative working relationship. More specifically, highlighting the Dudley Town Centre Joint Working Scheme: A non-telecoms example; South Staffs Water, National Grid Gas and Western Power Distribution partnered to engage with Dudley Council to carry out an 18 month programme of works.
United Kingdom | Government, Technology
Dudley Town Centre Joint Working Scheme
This publication assists organizations in understanding the purpose, process, and format of information system contingency planning development through practical, real-world guidelines. This guidance document provides background information on interrelationships between information system contingency planning and other types of security and emergency management-related contingency plans, organizational resiliency, and the system development life cycle. This document provides guidance to help personnel evaluate information systems and operations to determine contingency planning requirements and priorities.Part of the Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC). Published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
USA | Government, Technology
NIST SP 800-34 Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
This document is designed and written as a guidance note to housing developers who intend or who wish to consider the laying of ducting on development sites, and within dwellings, for the delivery of data services. The guidance gives developers the opportunity to add benefits to new developments and add to the marketability of their dwellings.
United Kingdom | Government, Technology
Data ducting infrastructure for new homes: UK guidance note
United Kingdom Government
The Open Contracting Data Standard documentation is a key resource to implementing the standard. It provides access to the latest version of the data specification, guidance on data publication, documentation of extensions, and other relevant resources.It is a detailed documentation to guide you in implementing the Open Contracting Data Standard, and many technical blogs, templates, and other guidance material.
Government, Technology
Open Contracting Data Standard
Open Contracting Partnership
ChallengeMake the global smart city market healthier and more efficientSolutionBy uniting municipal and national governments, private sector partners and city residents around a shared set of guiding principles and a common policy framework for implementation of smart city technologiesOutcomeCurrently, 36 cities are working as pioneer cities to implement five model policies.Aim to reach 200 cities within the next 1-2 years through develop new digital platform and develop regional cities networkEstablished in June 2019, the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance unites municipal, regional and national governments, private-sector partners and cities’ residents around a shared set of principles for the responsible and ethical use of smart city technologies. The Alliance establishes and advances global policy norms to help accelerate best practices, mitigate potential risks, and foster greater openness and public trust. This initiative, has grown steadily. over the past years. With strong leadership by C4IR Japan, the network has been working with 36 pioneer cities and has released six model policies to guide smart city development. The initiative is currently expanding in scale through regional cities communities in areas including India and Latin America and is piloting the model policies with government and business. Alliance activities have been guided by the Governing Smart Cities report developed to provide a benchmark for the ethical and responsible use of smart city technologies. In 2020, the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance was recognised as a key initiative for leading urban technology governance, receiving the Governance & Economy Award at the 2021 Smart City Expo World Congress. The Alliance continues to expand, working with ‘Pioneer Cities’ to test roadmaps can trial policies and work with Alliance to address gaps in local governance.
Japan | Transportation, Other, Technology
G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance
In February 2011, Christchurch was struck by a severe earthquake that killed 185 people and caused significant disruption and damage to large portions of a city already weakened by an earlier earthquake. In the response to the quake, volunteers and officials at the recovery agencies used open data, open source tools, trusted data sharing and crowdsourcing to develop a range of products and services required to respond successfully to emerging conditions. These included a crowdsourced emergency information Web app that generated 70,000 visits within the first 48 hours after the earthquake; a series of geographic information system (GIS) data sharing agreements between agencies that enabled the successful provision of mapping services throughout the response and recovery; websites using open property data that enabled citizens to check the status of their homes and land, and generated millions of hits within hours of release; a construction intention viewer built using open data and open source tools that saved NZ$4 million in construction costs within its first year of use; and a crowdsourced competition for school children that generated over 18,000 new building footprints for open property databases at a cost of $0.02 per footprint.
New Zealand | Technology
New Zealand's Earthquake Response
LinkNYC is a public-private collaboration in New York City that aims to replace the city’s antiquated network of payphones with smart kiosks that enable high-speed Wi-Fi, phone calls and other city services at no upfront cost to the public or taxpayers. It is financed through advertising on digital displays at the kiosks and other auxiliary services, with a revenue-sharing agreement between the city and the privatesector partnership that was selected to develop what became LinkNYC. LinkNYC demonstrates how leveraging public assets and city spaces in new innovative ways can create business opportunities for the private sector, create value for residents at no cost to taxpayers and provide new revenue streams for city budgets.
USA | Government, Technology, IT and Communications (ICT)
LinkNYC
Toolkit that provides a summary of the essential elements of open government data, starting with its definition, and giving real life examples of how Open Data is made available, and how it has been put into practice.
Government, Technology
World Bank Open Data Essentials
World Bank Group
Guides, case studies and resources for government & civil society on the "what, why & how" of open data.This guide discusses the legal, social and technical aspects of open data. This book explains the basic concepts of ‘open data’, especially in relation to government. It covers how open data creates value and can have a positive impact in many different areas. In addition to exploring the background, the handbook also provides concrete information on how to produce open data.
Government, Technology
Open Data Handbook Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Knowledge Foundation
The mission of Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) is to unite cities and communities around the world to build a global market for solutions, services, and data based on the needs of cities and communities.To achieve this mission, OASC champions the Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms (MIMs), a set of practical capabilities based on open technical specifications that allow cities and communities to replicate and scale solutions globally. The MIMs are developed by the OASC Technology Council and governed by the Council of Cities and the Board of Directors.MIMs provide the technical foundation for procurement and deployment of urban data platforms and end-to-end solutions in cities & communities worldwide.
Government, Technology
OASCities - Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms MIMs
Open & Agile Smart Cities
A 5-star deployment scheme for Open Data. It provides examples for each level of a 5-star Open Data plan. The 5 Star Linked Data system is cumulative. Each additional star presumes the data meets the criteria of the previous step(s).
Government, Technology
5 Star Open Data
CKAN (Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network) is an open-source DMS (data management system) for powering data hubs and data portals. CKAN makes it easy to publish, share and use data. It powers hundreds of data portals worldwide.
Government, Technology
Crowdsourcing Model for Open Data Portals
Open Knowledge Foundation
When assessing engagement strategies and activities, the level of readiness of an Open Data initiative and the data literacy of its users are primary factors to consider. To engage a variety of stakeholders as an Open Data program develops, the following strategy addresses both the readiness level and the initiative’s audience, and may help inspire and empower citizens to use Open Data and maximize value to the public in practical ways. The strategy is comprised of four stages: Early Engagement, Capacity Development, Use & Re-use and Further Development.
Government, Technology
World Bank Open Government Toolkit: Demand & Engagement
World Bank Group

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