Fireside chat: Climate-ready development – embedding adaptation into urban growth strategies

This session examines how cities can embed climate resilience at the heart of urban growth, ensuring new housing, infrastructure and regeneration projects are designed for future risk. It explores how climate-risk zoning, strengthened adaptation requirements and resilience-led design standards can shape safer, more robust neighbourhoods. The discussion highlights how planners, developers and utilities can work together to reduce long-term exposure while supporting sustainable growth. 

Key talking points include: 

• Embedding adaptation requirements into City Strategy, planning policy, design guidance and permitting 
• Using climate-risk assessments and zoning to shape where and how development proceeds 
• Coordinating with utilities and infrastructure providers to ensure resilient energy, water and transport services for new districts 
• Involving private, academic and NGO stakeholders into climate policy implementation and reaching climate goals