🤝City Resilience Coalitions for Collective Action
Global
Cities join coalitions that unite them nationally or globally to advocate for shared priorities, advance common agendas and speed up collective action on issues such as heat resilience, health and nature.
How cities are applying it
- In Montréal, coalitions such as the Montréal Climate Partnership and Transition en Commun show how cities can convene economic actors, citizen groups and institutions to coordinate climate action, align investment and accelerate progress on emissions reduction and community resilience.
- Across countries, multilevel partnerships such as CHAMP and the FloodAction Coalition, Europe-wide alliances like the European Resilience Partnership and global efforts such as Beat the Heat are helping align priorities across local, regional and national levels. These partnerships strengthen governance structures, mobilise resources and support coordinated delivery of climate and resilience goals.
Together, these coalitions create platforms for diverse stakeholders to work toward shared objectives, pool expertise and champion solutions that cannot be delivered by individual actors alone.
Why it matters
Complex urban challenges require collaboration across institutions, sectors and scales. Coalitions help cities build political will, attract partners and strengthen the enabling environment for resilience. They also allow cities to speak with a unified voice, influence national and global agendas and unlock opportunities that come from coordinated action rather than isolated efforts.
Who is involved
• City governments and metropolitan authorities
• National and regional governments
• Businesses and economic actors
• Civil society organisations and community groups
• Philanthropic, academic and international partners