powered by Build Change.
Building Futures,
Building Resilience
For A Changing Climate.
WHY CLIMATE RESILIENT HOUSING
Climate-resilient housing isn’t just about building homes — it’s about safeguarding futures. These homes are designed and engineered to withstand the growing threats of climate change, from hurricanes and floods to droughts and heatwaves. Using innovative materials and techniques with the local context and homeowners in mind, they prioritize safety, energy efficiency, and environmental sustainability.
But it’s more than just bricks and mortar; it’s about equity and accessibility. Climate-resilient housing ensures that even the most vulnerable have safe, stable, and affordable places to live. Climate-resilient homes, and the policies that make them possible, are designed to keep residents healthy and comfortable, no matter how unpredictable the climate may become.
In the face of escalating climate risks, resilient housing is essential for protecting lives, properties, and resources. It’s about ensuring that homeowners and families, communities and the environment can thrive.
The time to act is now. By uniting as a global force to strengthen awareness, change policy, drive investment, and scale technologies, we can make climate-resilient housing the standard for every home.
Let’s build a safer, stronger future for all.
WHO WE ARE
The Climate-Resilient Housing Initiative, powered by Build Change, is at the forefront of global efforts to embed resilience into the housing sector. We engage decision-makers and homeowners across the housing value chain and bring together governments, financial institutions, philanthropists, and innovators to ensure that climate-resilient housing is accessible to all.
Our goal? To make 10 million people more resilient by 2030. We’re advancing solutions that fortify both new and existing homes, making them disaster-ready while reducing their carbon footprint and transforming the sector. Together, we’re setting a new standard for housing worldwide.
STRENGTHENING GLOBAL ADVOCACY
We’re not just advocating for change—we’re driving it. Through strategic policy influence and global climate agendas, we’re making sure housing is central to the conversation. Our efforts are turning words into action, ensuring that reforms are both passed and implemented to provide real protections for houses and homeowners against the impacts of climate change.
- Check out Resilient Housing Across the Americas, our web series featuring insights from government leaders, housing officials, and global experts. Recent guests have included contributors from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Mayor of Cartagena, Colombia, and the World Economic Forum.
- As an inaugural partner of the UN-backed Race to Resilience campaign, we’re scaling up solutions for housing resilience at COP and beyond.
LEADING WITH KNOWLEDGE AND IMPACT
- Explore Saving Embodied Carbon by Strengthening Existing Housing, which reveals that we can save 4.8 gigatons of CO2 emissions while bolstering global housing resilience.
We’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the housing sector. Our latest research and tools offer cutting-edge insights into climate resilience, helping us shape a more sustainable, adaptive future.
We introduce and feature new and innovative research and tools addressing climate resilience in the housing sector. These cutting-edge insights are assessing housing trends and shaping a more sustainable, adaptive future.
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