Resilience governance in a polarised political landscape
Insights from EURESFO 2025
Resilience work is increasingly shaped by a polarised political landscape, where trust, legitimacy and long-term coordination are harder to sustain. At EURESFO 2025 in Rotterdam, discussions highlighted that resilience is not only constrained by funding or technical gaps, but by governance capacity itself: the ability to coordinate across sectors and levels while maintaining public trust. Governance thus emerges as the “meta-infrastructure” of resilience, where if it is brittle, even strong solutions struggle to scale and endure.
Justice, Inclusion and Societal Resilience: Housing as the Frontline of Climate Adaptation
Insights from EURESFO 2025
At EURESFO 2025 in Rotterdam, discussions on “just resilience” centred on a fundamental question: resilience for whom, and under what conditions? In a polycrisis reality where climate risks intersect with social inequality, housing pressures and political fragmentation, housing emerged as a frontline of climate adaptation. The key takeaway was that resilience is not an add-on to social systems, but is ultimately determined by inclusion, trust and the conditions in which people live.
Investing in Resilience: Cities, Finance, and the Challenge of Fair Protection
Insights from EURESFO 2025
Cities and regions across Europe are grappling with how to finance climate resilience in a context of increasing risk, constrained budgets, and growing social inequities. Discussions at EURESFO 2025 in Rotterdam, highlighted that resilience is no longer an optional add-on but a core investment priority that requires systemic change in how public and private finance is mobilised.
New extremes in Polycrises: From Heatwaves to Water resilience
Insights from EURESFO 2025
What used to be treated as “the next shock” is now the baseline. At EURESFO 2025 in Rotterdam, cities described a reality where heatwaves, droughts, floods, infrastructure stress, social vulnerability, and even conflict don’t arrive one by one. Instead, they stack, interact and cascade. The core takeaway across sessions was that resilience has to be designed for and within polycrisis conditions, not for isolated hazards.