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A positioning statement by the Rede por Adaptação Antirracista and Observatório do Clima, signed by 70 organizations, urging the Brazilian federal government to implement anti-racist climate adaptation strategies to mitigate the impacts of a predicted 'Super El Niño'.

The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) has issued guidelines for its May 2026 Innovation Challenges, a call for proposals seeking transformative resilience solutions from entrepreneurs and organisations in the Global South. The initiative offers selected winners up to US$50,000 in funding and a comprehensive support package including mentoring, a leadership academy, and communications assistance to scale innovations that address climate and environmental risks.

This Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) report assesses the economic and environmental impact of nature-based infrastructure (NBI) and hybrid infrastructure interventions in the Bogotá River basin, concluding that these investments provided significant net benefits in flood protection and water quality.

This report outlines the 'Combined scenario' for Africa's economic structural transformation toward 2043, focusing on the shift from low-productivity to high-productivity sectors. It details the projected roles of manufacturing, services, agriculture, and ICT, while emphasizing the necessity of urban resilience and regional trade integration via AfCFTA to achieve a diversified, knowledge-based economy.

This report presents a Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) assessment of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) implemented in Kigali, Rwanda, as part of the SUNCASA project. Using an integrated cost-benefit analysis (CBA) for the period 2025–2050, the study quantifies the economic, social, and environmental impacts of interventions such as afforestation, reforestation, agroforestry, and urban tree planting. The assessment finds that these NbS interventions are economically viable, providing significant avoided costs related to flood damage and health, alongside added value from carbon sequestration and employment.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative, WRI India, and CEEW analyzes the financial and regulatory landscape for Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in Indian cities. It identifies significant gaps in private sector investment, which currently accounts for only 10% of global NbS finance, and provides early recommendations to improve project bankability, diversify funding sources, and strengthen the enabling environment for urban climate resilience in India.

This policy brief argues that South Africa's 2025 G20 presidency provides a strategic opportunity to integrate subnational governments into the global climate and environmental agenda. It highlights the role of municipalities as frontline implementers of climate adaptation, mitigation, and biodiversity goals, while identifying systemic financial and capacity barriers that hinder their effectiveness in Africa and the Global South.

The Nature-Based Infrastructure Global Resource Centre conducted a cost-benefit analysis of nature-based infrastructure (NBI) for waterway rehabilitation in Cape Town, South Africa, specifically within the Diep/Sand River and Zeekoe catchments. The analysis demonstrates that NBI interventions—such as creating retention ponds, extending wetlands, and removing invasive species—provide significant economic returns, reduce long-term maintenance costs compared to grey infrastructure, and increase urban resilience against climate-driven flooding.

This executive summary describes a study of approximately 130 urban resilience solutions implemented by for-profit and not-for-profit organisations in Global South cities, specifically focusing on informal contexts such as informal settlements and economies.

This executive summary outlines a project to develop a collaborative framework for addressing hydroclimatic risks in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA), focusing on the interplay between flood risk, water scarcity, and public health.

This policy brief from the Stockholm Environment Institute recommends that the G20 promote the use of participatory and transdisciplinary approaches to help cities and subnational governments, especially water resource management actors, develop and implement climate adaptation plans and governance agreements to enhance urban resilience and water security.

This research paper presents insights from the Future Resilience for African CiTies And Lands (FRACTAL) project regarding the co-production of climate services in urban sub-Saharan Africa and other low-income settings, advocating for a shift from product-focused outputs to transdisciplinary knowledge co-production processes centered on collaborative learning.

WRI implemented over 30 nature-based projects in Mumbai, Kochi, and Jaipur, including urban farming and water restoration, to mitigate climate risks. These initiatives, which include a food security project for 72,000 students in Mumbai and a cooling farm in Jaipur, led to the establishment of India's first national forum on urban nature-based solutions.

This briefing note by the Global Resilience Partnership and Transitions Research examines the landscape of urban resilience solutions in informal contexts across the Global South. Based on a review of approximately 130 solutions, the report identifies a significant gap in urban climate investment—where only 1.2% of urban climate finance flows to adaptation and resilience—and highlights that most non-governmental solutions are still in early development stages. It provides recommendations for municipalities, funders, and policymakers to scale these innovations through better coordination, hybrid financing, and the integration of informal settlements into city planning.

This insights brief by the Southern African Resilience Academy (SARA) examines the role of urban informality in building equitable resilience in cities across southern Africa and the Global South. It argues that while informality is often invisible or viewed as a challenge, it provides critical services, livelihoods, and innovation that can enhance urban resilience if harnessed through inclusive governance and partnerships.

Iloilo City, Philippines, implemented a Participatory Housing and Urban Development project to protect vulnerable urban poor communities from flood risks. Through a partnership between the local government and the Homeless People’s Federation of the Philippines Inc. (HPFPI), the city moved 1,250 households from flood-prone waterways to secure, within-city housing. The initiative replaced forced evictions with community-driven planning and innovative financing, including over 560 collective savings groups, and integrated urban poor representatives into city government boards for land use and disaster risk.

This policy brief outlines the climate vulnerabilities of Nepal, particularly in its mountainous and urbanizing areas, and identifies systemic barriers to local climate action. It highlights a lack of technical capacity, financial constraints, and jurisdictional confusion following Nepal's shift to a federal structure. The authors recommend establishing 'resilience cells' to coordinate government efforts, integrating climate indicators into local budgeting, and adopting integrated planning tools to combine mitigation, adaptation, and disaster risk reduction.

This SEI discussion brief argues that nature-based solutions (NbS) are often framed as apolitical, leading to the neglect of social equity and justice in their design and implementation. The document proposes five core principles to ensure NbS do not reproduce existing inequalities and provides a case study from Kaptembwa, Kenya, to illustrate the integration of these principles in an urban informal settlement.

This case study describes the activities of the Namungona Women Empowerment Initiative, a savings group in Kampala, Uganda, and its founder Esther Mirembe. It details how the group uses collective savings and waste-to-value projects to build economic resilience and adapt to climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COP27 Resilience Hub Synthesis Report outlines the outcomes and key messages from the Resilience Hub at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. The Hub serves as a physical and virtual space to mobilise ambition and investment for climate resilience, acting as the home for the UN-backed Race to Resilience campaign. The report synthesises findings across nine thematic areas and four regional hubs, emphasizing the need for locally-led adaptation, increased and diversified finance, and the integration of arts and culture into resilience strategies.