If climate risk is affecting your work, this is your chance to help shape the response.
Urban resilience is being tested by accelerating climate disruptions—from flooding and heat to grid and infrastructure failure. These are no longer future risks. They are already disrupting operations, housing, logistics, and public safety. Cross-sector coordination is critical, yet fragmented.
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Key Facts or Tensions
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Over 70% of global carbon emissions come from cities, yet most adaptation funding bypasses urban systems.
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In the U.S., climate-related power outages doubled between 2015 and 2020, exposing business and health systems to growing operational risk.
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Despite widespread access to climate risk data, many zoning and procurement decisions still ignore physical exposure.
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Why It Matters
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Business operations and supply chains face rising disruption and liability from infrastructure stress and heat.
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Underserved communities bear the brunt of flooding, power loss, and heat exposure without equitable access to resilience investments.
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Public and private systems are struggling to align efforts, resulting in duplicated plans, funding gaps, and missed opportunities to scale solutions.
Strengthening Urban Readiness
Urban systems are under pressure. Flooding, power outages, rising heat, and failing infrastructure are no longer isolated risks. They are shared conditions affecting operations, communities, and capital across every sector.
The Urban Resilience Signal Spark is a collaborative effort to surface emerging signals, shape a shared response, and explore how multi-sector partnerships can address accelerating urban risk. This initiative is built for those already navigating the effects of climate disruption—and who want to design more durable systems of support, investment, and coordination.
We’re inviting a small group of organizational representatives to join a facilitated convening. This session will focus on signal validation, partnership design, and early-stage alignment across government, private sector, philanthropy, and community organizations.
Urban systems are under pressure. Flooding, power outages, rising heat, and failing infrastructure are no longer isolated risks. They are shared conditions affecting operations, communities, and capital across every sector.
The Urban Resilience Signal Spark is a collaborative effort to surface emerging signals, shape a shared response, and explore how multi-sector partnerships can address accelerating urban risk. This initiative is built for those already navigating the effects of climate disruption—and who want to design more durable systems of support, investment, and coordination.
We’re inviting a small group of organizational representatives to join a facilitated convening. This session will focus on signal validation, partnership design, and early-stage alignment across government, private sector, philanthropy, and community organizations.
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How to Get Involved
This is a working session, not a broadcast. To participate, we ask that you follow the short pathway below:
1. Take the 10-minute survey
Help shape the direction of the Spark and identify priorities for the session.
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Take the survey
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2. Get the pre-spark invitation document
After you complete the survey, you’ll receive a link to download the framing brief that outlines the signals, themes, and structure of the initiative. This document will continue to evolve as we receive more input, precisely how you might expect a co-creation effort might evolve.
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3. Apply to join the convening
If the framing resonates and you can bring insights or resources from your organization, apply to be part of the upcoming session.