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 TfL lane rental scheme (TLRS) applies to the most traffic-sensitive locations and times of day across 69% of the Transport for London Road Network (TLRN). The scheme encourages behaviour change and reduces highway occupation by applying a daily charge.
United Kingdom | Government, Technology
Transport for London: Lane Rental Scheme
Transport for London
The year 2020 brought the convergence of multiple crises – public health, social, economic and planetary – to a crescendo and, with it, a reckoning for the real estate industry. There is an unique opportunity and a clear mandate for the industry to transition to a future where buildings are sustainable, resilient, liveable and affordable. The Framework for the Future of Real Estate provides a pathway to this transition, with a clear set of enablers and case study examples to help realize this vision.
A Framework for the Future of Real Estate
An information technology disaster recovery plan (IT DRP) should be developed in conjunction with the business continuity plan. Priorities and recovery time objectives for information technology should be developed during the business impact analysis. Technology recovery strategies should be developed to restore hardware, applications and data in time to meet the needs of the business recovery.
USA | Government, Technology
IT Disaster Recovery Plan
US Department of Homeland Security
The rise of precarious night work is partly due to the changing nature of the labour economy. This is particularly true for delivery and care workers. This report considers municipal strategies as a means to democratise the night-time economy, these include policy proposals and foundational infrastructures. The report makes two fundamental propositions: it calls for setting up a ‘nocturnal commons’ and argues that a key step to democratise the economy is addressing the precarity of night-time workers.
United Kingdom
Working Nights: Municipal Strategies for Nocturnal Workers
Autonomy Institute
Data breaches, ransomware, destructive malware, insider threats, and even honest mistakes present an ongoing threat to an organization’s infrastructure. Database records, system files, configurations, user files, applications, and customer data are all at risk should an attack occur. Organizations that do not implement identification and protection solutions leave themselves at risk for many types of data integrity attacks. Part of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. Published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
USA | Government, Technology
NIST SP 1800-25 Data Integrity: Identifying and Protecting Assets Against Ransomware and Other Destructive Events
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
UK Government's guidance for public sector organisations on how to use data appropriately and responsibly when planning, implementing, and evaluating a new policy or service.What is it for?The Data Ethics Framework guides appropriate and responsible data use in government and the wider public sector. It helps public servants understand ethical considerations, address these within their projects, and encourages responsible innovation.Who is it for?This guidance is aimed at anyone working directly or indirectly with data in the public sector, including data practitioners (statisticians, analysts and data scientists), policymakers, operational staff and those helping produce data-informed insight.
United Kingdom | Government, Technology
Data Ethics Framework
United Kingdom Government
Constant threats of destructive malware, ransomware, malicious insider activity, and even honest mistakes create the imperative for organizations to be able to quickly recover from an event that alters or destroys data. Businesses must be confident that recovered data is accurate, complete, and free of malware. Part of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. Published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
USA | Government, Technology
NIST SP 1800-11 Data Integrity: Recovering from Ransomware and Other Destructive Events
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Cybersecurity is a public good that is strongest when the public is given the ability to contribute. A key component to receiving cybersecurity help from the public is to establish a formal policy that describes the activities that can be undertaken in order to find and report vulnerabilities in a legally authorized manner. Such policies enable federal agencies to remediate vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by an adversary – to immense public benefit.Vulnerability disclosure policies enhance the resiliency of the government’s online services by encouraging meaningful collaboration between federal agencies and the public. They make it easier for the public to know where to send a report, what types of testing are authorized for which systems, and what communication to expect. When agencies integrate vulnerability reporting into their existing cybersecurity risk management activities, they can weigh and address a wider array of concerns. This helps safeguard the information the public has entrusted to the government and gives federal cybersecurity teams more data to protect their agencies. Additionally, ensuring consistent policies across the Executive Branch offers those who report vulnerabilities equivalent protection and a more uniform experience.A vulnerability disclosure policy (VDP) is an essential element of an effective enterprise vulnerability management program and critical to the security of internet-accessible federal information systems. This directive requires each agency to develop and publish a VDP and maintain supporting handling procedures. It is issued in support of the Office of Management and Budget M-20-32, “Improving Vulnerability Identification, Management, and Remediation”.
USA | Government, Technology
Develop and Publish a Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Public Procurement Regulations: The Malawi Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act.
Malawi | Government
Malawi Public Procurement Regulations
Malawi Government
In the course of the EU project SMARTER TOGETHER, the city of Vienna decided to develop a data platform for the demonstration projects. With the support of the FIWARE Foundation, the data platform was developed and provisionally implemented with an external cloud solution. The data platform is thus used for the monitoring of the EU project and is suitable for data exchange including visualization with external stakeholders. In addition to the project, the city of Vienna intends to use the data platform as an IoT middleware and data source.
Austria | Government, Technology
Vienna - Central Data Management System
City of Vienna
The OURdata Index benchmarks the design and implementation of open data policies at the central level, and stresses the sustained political and policy relevance of this area of work for OECD member and partner countries and beyond.
Government, Technology
OECD Open Government Data - 2019 OUR Data Index Policy Paper
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The mapping template is designed to support field-level mapping between your data sources and the Open Contracting Data Standard. Use this template to list the data elements within your data sources and map them to OCDS fields.
Government, Technology
Open Contracting Data Standard Mapping Template
Open Contracting Partnership
The Internet Master Plan is a bold, far-reaching vision for broadband infrastructure and service in New York City. It frames the challenges of achieving universal connectivity, clearly states the City’s goals for the next generation of internet service, and outlines the actions the City will take to help all service providers contribute to those goals. It is both comprehensive in its view of the city and tailored to each neighborhood’s unique conditions. The Master Plan presents public and private actors with the opportunity to address major, persistent gaps in infrastructure; deliver higher-performing connectivity for residents and businesses; and set a course for eliminating the digital divide in New York City
USA | Government, Technology
NYC Internet Master Plan
The ODI explores the future of the London Datastore and make recommendations which include creating a destination for insights and becoming a trusted guide and a steward.
United Kingdom | Government, Technology
Open Data Institute: Future of London Data Store
Open Data Institute
Amsterdam's ambitious Clean Air Action Plan has enabled the city to lead the way on delivering cleaner air whilst growing the adoption of electric vehicles. The Plan sets out actions for the city to meet WHO's air quality guidelines by 2030. The Plan also includes policies and actions to incentivise the use of electric vehicles, for example through increased public charging and subsidies, as well as increasingly strict Low Emission Zones.
Mobility
Amsterdam Clean Air Action Plan
An in-depth look at the new Open Data Strategic Plan that will guide New York City's work for the next 10 years. This plan draws from the City’s open data journey, and pushes us to collectively invest in and strengthen our publishing platform and policies, as well as build more connections between City data and citizens.
USA | Government, Technology
New York City - The Next Decade
The New York City Council
This Smart Columbus Data Management Plan provides operational information for the use of data within the Smart Columbus Operating System. This data will be the central data store for all relevant program data within the Smart Columbus demonstration and will provide users data through an open data portal web interface as well as Application Programming Interfaces. Smart Columbus will use this plan as a guide to perform the necessary operations for optimum program functionality in addition to properly securing, backing up, maintaining, and sharing the data. The Smart Columbus team will also utilize this plan to support proper privacy procedures and guidelines as defined in the Smart Columbus Data Privacy Plan.
USA | Government, Technology
Smart Columbus Data Management Plan
City of Columbus, Accenture
USA State-Level Dig Once Policies: Despite slow adoption and progress at the national level, 11 states do have existing dig once policies in place.
USA | Government, Technology
Broadband Now: Dig Once Policy Library
A template to help publishers map data on infrastructure projects to the Open Contracting for Infrastructure Data Standard (OC4IDS): The mapping template is designed to support field-level mapping between infrastructure project monitoring systems and the OC4IDS schema.
Government, Technology
Open Contracting for Infrastructure Data Standards Mapping Template
Open Contracting Partnership
The disclosure of data management is discussed as a means to increase participation in a common value creation process of politics, administration, citizens and economy. The accompanying transparency of data and information increases the trust of all stakeholders in administrative processes, leads to new business models and strengthens in the medium to long term the existing democratic institutions.This document provides basic information available about Open Government Data and defines legal, technical and organizational requirements for Open Government Data platforms.
Austria | Government, Technology
Framework for Open Government Data Platforms - Vienna

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