The Resilience Opportunity Unlocking Climate Resilience through Public Private Collaboration 2025

5.2 Public sector: creating the conditions for scalable collaboration Public institutions, such as national governments, development banks and subnational authorities, play a foundational role in shaping markets for climate resilience solutions. To enable effective and efficient private participation, they can consider four priority actions: 1 Translate climate adaptation and resilience strategies into investable pipelines: Move from high-level national, regional or local “adaptation plans” to actionable, bankable projects with defined ownership, feasibility assessments and clear revenue models, supporting de-risking mechanisms and implementation pathways. 2 Enable blended finance to de-risk investment: Use public and concessional capital strategically to improve the risk-return profile of climate adaptation and resilience projects – for example, through first-loss capital, guarantees or outcome-based payments.3 Clarify entry points for private-sector engagement: Refer to the six archetypes introduced in this paper, ranging from co- investment in infrastructure to delivery of resilience-linked services, to start engagement with potential private actors. 4 Reduce friction in project delivery and implementation: Streamline permitting, introduce resilience-aligned procurement processes and consider incentives for climate resilience investments. At the same time, equip cities, regions and utilities with the tools, coordination platforms and institutional support needed to implement scalable, locally led climate resilience projects. Together, these actions offer a practical roadmap for structuring effective public-private collaboration in climate resilience, aligning capital, capabilities and incentives to deliver resilient systems at scale. The Resilience Opportunity: Unlocking Climate Resilience through Public-Private Collaboration 23