The Resilience Opportunity Unlocking Climate Resilience through Public Private Collaboration 2025

Images: Adobe Stock, Unsplash Disclaimer This document is published by the World Economic Forum as a contribution to a project, insight area or interaction. The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed herein are a result of a collaborative process facilitated and endorsed by the World Economic Forum but whose results do not necessarily represent the views of the World Economic Forum, nor the entirety of its Members, Partners or other stakeholders. © 2025 World Economic Forum. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system.Contents Foreword 3 Executive summary 4 Introduction 5 1 From risk to opportunities – unlocking resilience for the private sector 6 1.1 From cost centre to value driver 6 1.2 An emerging investment landscape 6 1.3 A trillion-dollar market in the making 7 1.4 A call for private-sector mobilization 7 2 Public-private collaborations as the catalyst 8 3 Six archetypes for private-sector actors to scale climate resilience 10 4 Design viable resilience: stacking value across archetypes 16 4.1 Three levers for unlocking scalable 17 climate resilience collaborations 4.2 Case studies to demonstrate future 18 possibilities for climate resilience 5 Key takeaways for public and private decision-makers 22 5.1 Private sector: proactively engage 22 in resilience collaboration 5.2 Public sector: creating the conditions 23 for scalable collaboration Conclusion: A shared agenda to unlock climate resilience 24 Appendix: Methodology 25 Contributors 26 Endnotes 27 The Resilience Opportunity: Unlocking Climate Resilience through Public-Private Collaboration 2