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The global hub for resilience best practice
The Resilience Shift is creating a movement to bridge the infrastructure systems gap, to create a safe, resilient and sustainable future for all, in a world that is full of disruptive forces. With our network of members, partners and collaborators, we will inform and promote greater resilience through influencing policy, shaping practice and sharing learning, as a global hub for resilience best practice.
Read how our approach is helping shape the future of critical infrastructure resilience.
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The lastest updates and insights from our blog.

Five years of impact
Following five successful years, Arup’s collaboration with the Lloyd’s Register Foundation to deliver the flagship resilience platform, The Resilience Shift, has now transitioned to an independent NGO. We outline the impact this work has had on infrastructure, engineering and climate change adaptation.

The City Water Resilience Approach – learn from cities around the world
Download a suite of City Water Resilience Approach resources and publications including the full methodology, the OurWater digital governance tool, and reports that capture the challenges of 9 cities worldwide as they build their urban water resilience.

Pushing the boundaries of innovation to protect the world’s water resources
A new report from ICSI, published on World Water Day, collates projects and cities that serve as examples of innovative solutions for climate adaptation, mitigation and development strategies, including the City of Rotterdam, highlighted for its ongoing innovation in climate resilience preparedness.

The power and freedom of net zero
“The adoption of the Versailles Declaration… is a signal that this crisis can and must accelerate, rather than derail, the march towards cheaper, more secure, clean energy.” We share this opinion piece recently published by Nigel Topping, UN High-Level Climate Action Champion for COP26.
“Resilience is key to enabling the energy transition”
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Resilience success stories
We want to share the great work of others and highlight best practice for resilience.
Itaipú Dam
How natural ecosystems support one of the world’s largest hydroelectric dams
Greening the grey
Why DC Water put green infrastructure at the heart of one of the U.S. Capital’s largest infrastructure projects
For the community, by the community
Building resilience through infrastructure in rural India
Ten essential insights
We're thrilled to be the Official Resilience Partner of #ClimateWeekNYC, bringing resilience to the top of the global agenda during Climate Week NYC & beyond. Follow us to see how resilience underpins the 10 themes of Climate Week NYC, from nature to global food & energy systems.
1/2 We're launching a global consultation to collect views from the engineering community on disaster risk management, resilience & sustainable development in the built environment. Results will feed into the Sendai Framework Mid-Term Review.
https://sustainability-coalition.org/our-work/ongoing-projects/icsi-policy-paper/
For #ThrowbackThursday we're delving in to our archives for our best blogs from the past. In this blog we look at #EarthEx 2019 which simulated a disaster event, and how it helped explore how interdependencies work in a crisis. Read it here: https://www.resilienceshift.org/impactful-learning-from-black-sky-exercises-what-really-matters-in-a-crisis/
How is cutting edge technology helping to build resilience? We made 3 short videos with @SiemensUSA looking at the role of #drones and #blockchain in building resilience, and tech that's helping build water #resilience. #Tech4Resilience - Find out more:
https://www.resilienceshift.org/tech4resilience/
Kenya has experienced an increase in droughts and floods in the last few years. In this @wfeo #Climate Stories blogs, curated by @ICE_engineers, Christine Adongo Ogut looks at #climatechange in #Kenya, and how the country is responding.
https://www.resilienceshift.org/wfeo-climate-stories-kenya/