🧑‍🏫City-Led Resilience Learning Programs

• Broward County’s Water and Climate Academy is a leading example. This county-run programme equips municipal leaders and community stakeholders with foundational knowledge on climate science, water management and risk-informed decision-making. By establishing a shared baseline of understanding across departments, the academy strengthens coordination and embeds resilience into daily operations.
• Other cities are creating similar internal learning initiatives to build the competencies needed for cross-sector collaboration, long-term planning and climate-informed service delivery.

Together, these programmes show how city-led learning can institutionalise resilience knowledge, strengthen leadership capacity and create a common language and practice across agencies and partners.

Resilience depends on people who understand risks, know how systems interact and can make informed decisions under pressure. Learning programmes help cities build these capabilities from within, reducing dependence on external expertise and ensuring continuity even as staff and leadership change. They also improve collaboration across departments by giving teams shared frameworks and tools.