Resilient Futures Investment Roundtable

INVESTMENT FOR A BETTER TODAY AND A RESILIENT, CLIMATE ADAPTED FUTURE

Our Mission

INCREASED INVESTMENT IN RESILIENCE-BUILDING PROJECTS TO PROTECT VULNERABLE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITIES AND ALLOW THEM TO THRIVE IN AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE

The Resilient Futures Investment Roundtable is a space for leaders and practitioners from private, public, research and not-for-profit organisations to come together to share knowledge, experience and expertise to improve the way decisions are made about resilience investment by:

Building capacity and capability

Learning from practical experience to develop skills and knowledge for good resilience investment decision-making.

Working collaboratively

Providing a forum to share knowledge and work together on the shared challenge of investing in resilience and climate change adaptation.

Developing Resources

Identifying, sharing and developing the knowledge and tools needed to make better resilience investment decisions.

There is a growing urgency to adapt and build resilience to climate change in Australia.

Our communities are already experiencing more frequent and severe disasters. This our new normal, which will persist over the coming decades, even with decisive global action to reduce emissions.

Efforts made to build resilience are opportunities to innovate, spur economic growth, protect and strengthen the health and biodiversity of our ecosystems and build stronger, more connected and healthier communities.

Despite this, there is a shortfall in resilience investments compared to what is realistically needed to manage disaster and climate risk. The Resilient Futures Investment Roundtable is addressing this gap by collaboratively creating resources developed from practical experience to improve decision-making around when, where and how to invest in resilience. We create value for member organisations by supporting them to make informed, future-proofed decisions to manage climate risk and invest in a resilient, climate-adapted future

Our Work

Case Studies

Case studies shed light on the suitability of existing tools and resources in different decision-making contexts.

Research Statements

Findings and learnings at different stages of exploration of the resilience valuation landscape are shared through Research Statements.

Who we are

The Resilient Futures Investment Roundtable is a group of private, public, research and not-for-profit organisations collaborating to improve the way that the costs and benefits of resilience are valued to create better public and private resilience investment decisions. Our work evolved from the research of the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities.

Members

"By being involved in this program we're hoping to contribute to building a resilience valuation model so that we make better decisions working together to make a better tomorrow."

Woolworths

"The Resilience Valuation Initiative makes an important contribution to the issue of systemic disaster risk and the need to mitigate future risks in the investment decisions we make as a nation. We need to plan to avoid systemic failure and invest in mitigation when setting long-term sustainability goals. Inclusive governance, and investment is key to not only long-term sustainability but short-term, incremental interventions. The methodology that the RVI aims to develop will provide a consistent way to value resilience across our investment decisions."

Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience

"The ABR’s resilience valuation initiative will provide a useable methodology and tools to help articulate the value of resilience investments and build the evidence base for greater prioritisation of resilience funding across all levels of government. Trialling new methods will help us understand the value of resilience and foster the right initiatives to meet community resilience needs."

Queensland Reconstruction Authority

"Resilient infrastructure and investment is not just about meeting society’s needs today, it’s about ensuring those needs are met tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that. By providing methods for valuing resilience into the planning, design, construction and operation of the services that most of use every day, the RVI increases the opportunity for all of us to enjoy a safer, more resilient future."

Resilient Projects