ICSI is an official Partner Initiative of the Race to Resilience global campaign.
The Race to Resilience campaign was launched at COP26 to catalyse action by non-state actors to increase the climate resilience of 4 billion people in vulnerable communities globally by 2030.
Through a partnership of initiatives, the campaign focuses on helping frontline communities build resilience and adapt to the impacts of climate change. ICSI engages with and mobilises the engineering community to help achieve this aim.
Our Pledge
As a Partner Initiative, ICSI has made the following pledge:
By 2030, ICSI R2R participants will have influenced and/or delivered 3,780 projects to improve the climate resilience of 567m people.
The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report Series
The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report series was first launched in May 2023 in an effort to report progress on the state of climate-resilient infrastructure and showcase best-practice case studies and initiatives from around the world. The series contributes directly to the Race to Resilience campaign.
See more from the series below:
The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report: A Focus on Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion
This report illustrates how Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion are critical to the development of sustainable and resilient infrastructure.
The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report: A Focus on Technology
This report showcases platforms, tools and emerging digital technologies that advance climate-resilient infrastructure, as well as projects and initiatives that have incorporated them.
The Climate Resilience Infrastructure Report: A Focus on nature
This publication highlights the relationship between climate-resilient infrastructure and nature, and showcases projects that incorporate natural elements in their planning, design, processes, or materials, or that positively impact natural…
The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report: A focus on implementation
The Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report is the first in a series of annual publications to report progress on the implementation of climate resilient infrastructure, and to showcase curated best-practice…
High-Level Global Convenings
ICSI furthers the global agenda for climate action and resilience building at high-level fora such as COPs. Through direct engagement with the Climate Champions Team, the Resilience Hub and the broader UN climate agreement implementation process, we advocate for the role of engineers in building resilience for communities around the world.
At the Resilience Hub at COP28
Campaign Partners
Race to Resilience News
ICSI Reflections on COP28
After a whirlwind #COP28, we are pleased to share our key takeaways from the conference and our activities over the past two weeks.
ICSI publishes Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report: A Focus on Nature
ICSI is pleased to present Issue 2 of the Climate Resilient Infrastructure report series - A Focus on Nature. The report takes a closer look at nature-positive infrastructure that…
ICSI publishes Climate Resilient Infrastructure Report: A focus on implementation
ICSI is delighted to have published a new annual publication that reports progress on the implementation of climate resilient infrastructure, and showcases best-practice case studies and initiatives from around…
Engineering the vision for climate-resilient transport: publication now available
Publication on the ICSI-led COP27 Marrakech Partnership Transport Implementation Lab: Engineering the vision for climate-resilient transport is now available.
ICSI at COP27: Driving Adaptation and Resilience in Infrastructure
ICSI was delighted to host a number of events at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, where we worked alongside friends and partners to drive the adaptation and resilience agenda.
Climate Investor Roadshow Starts in Africa
A series of regional forums kicked off in Addis Ababa this week, aimed at accelerating financial flows to the projects needed to accelerate financial flows to the projects needed to…
The ICSI Summit 2022: convening critical players for transformative change in infrastructure
On 28 June we held the ICSI Summit 2022, a virtual event hosted by the Institution of Civil Engineers. Marking a milestone on the road to COP27, the ICSI…
The power and freedom of net zero
By Nigel Topping, UN High-Level Climate Action Champion for COP26 | March 14, 2022 A world driven by hydrocarbons is a more conflict driven world. The adoption of the Versailles…
IPCC: We must build resilience to the impacts we cannot prevent
The findings in today’s latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report confirm unequivocally that ever more extreme heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires and other impacts resulting from climate change are endangering…
Speeding up the pace, and the joy of being social again
Seth Schultz shares news from Race to Resilience at New York Climate Week, along with our new film series, Resilience Engineered, that can help you to build the business…
Seizing South Africa’s Urban Opportunity
Savina Carluccio, Head of Guidance, Tools and Standards at The Resilience Shift, moderated a discussion on urban opportunities for South Africa as part of Africa Cities and Built Environment…