Home - Climate Resilient Housing

Advancing Climate Resilient Housing at COP28 Learn More

Puerto Rico: Secretary of Housing
William Rodriguez

Season 2: Resilient Housing Across the Americas

Season 2 is here! Our web-series returns exploring the relationship between housing policy, climate and disasters.

Bogota: Secretary of Habitat Nadya Rangel Ecuador: Juan Carlos Soria from the Ministry of Housing CEPAL: Diego Aulestia, Human Settlements Division UN-Habitat: Cerin Kizhakkethottam, Climate Division

Matt Strahan of the World Economic Forum Mayor William Dau of Cartagena, Colombia Mayor Mitch Roth of Hawaii County

Resilient Housing Across the Americas

A new web-series from Build Change featuring 1:1 conversations with leaders across countries and sectors. Watch our conversations with:

Mayor Carolina Leitao of Peñalolén, Chile Claudia Monterrosa of US. Dept of Housing & Urban Development

Learn why

Housing Must Be on the Climate Change Agenda

Government and business leaders, grassroots housing advocates, homeowners, and builders all agree: together, we can change climate change, but the time to act is now.

CRH Recap

CRH and Cop27

COP27 Affirms Housing and Urbanization Priorities, Loss and Damage Funding

Watch the launch video

What is the Race to Resilience?

The Race to Resilience is the UN-backed global campaign to catalyze a step-change in global ambition for climate resilience, putting people and nature first in pursuit of a resilient world where we don’t just survive climate shocks and stresses, but thrive in spite of them.

Play the game

Is Your House Climate Resilient?

Make Your House Climate Resilient: An Interactive Adventure Game invites both longstanding housing advocates and newcomers to explore how the impacts of climate change and disasters impact housing and settlements all over the world, and learn about ways to both protect themselves and improve their own house’s resilience.

View our impacts

Innovative approaches to disaster-resilient housing

From city-level action to prevent loss and damage in Bogota, to adaptation through densification in Honduras, learn how we're reaching a greater number of people with resilient housing.

LEARN ABOUT THE INITIATIVE

The Climate Resilient Housing Initiative, powered by Build Change, is a Race to Resilience initiative engaging decision-makers and homeowners across the housing value chain to build climate resilience. We are a collaboration of governments, banks, philanthropists, implementers, and technologists universalizing access to resilient, climate-smart housing worldwide.

Learn More

LATEST EVENTS AND RESOURCES

View All

Join our Initiative:

Are you interested in being a member of Climate Resilient Housing? Fill out the form below and we will get in touch with you with membership information. Reach out to us at advocacy@buildchange.org with any questions.

LEARN ABOUT THE INITIATIVE

LATEST EVENTS AND RESOURCES

Global Advocacy for Local Housing Solutions: A Conversation with Cerin Kizhakkethottam, UN-Habitat

The Future of Housing Data and Policy: A Conversation with Diego Aulestia from CEPAL

Policy from Local to National: A Conversation with Juan Carlos Soria from the Ministry of Housing in Ecuador

Strengthening Housing, Neighborhoods, and Communities: A Conversation with Nadya Rangel, Secretary of Habitat for Bogota

Puerto Rico: Bridging Housing between the US and Latin America

Equitable Housing Policy: In Conversation with Claudia Monterrosa from US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development

Mitigating Risk in Earthquake-Prone Chile: In Conversation with Mayor Carolina Leitao

Attainable Housing and Private-Sector Action: In Conversation with Matt Strahan of the World Economic Forum

Advancing Cooperation, Preventing Corruption in Cartagena: In conversation with Mayor William Dau

Policy for the People in Hawaii: In Conversation with Mayor Mitch Roth

Sustainable and Affordable Housing

Sustainable Housing, Habitat and Energy Solutions for Urban Poor

Dominica’s Path Towards Housing Resilience: Revisiting our conversation with Francine Baron

GlobalABC Roadmap for Buildings and Construction

Resilient Housing Ecosystem Assessment Tool (RHEAT)

GlobalABC’s Adaptation of the Building Sector to Climate Change

Build Change Guide to Resilient Housing

The Cost of Improving Vulnerable Housing

UNEP’s Practical Guide to Climate-Resilient Buildings & Communities

Join our Initiative:

Sponsored by: