Mission
Resurgence is a global design, communications and consulting company that specialises in urban climate risk and resilience.
We have award-winning expertise in helping governments, city authorities, urban planners, responders and communities to reduce the effects of climate hazards and high impact weather events such as flooding, storm and heatwaves.
Our solutions include co-designing inclusive early warning systems with city & community stakeholders and support governments & cities to develop the data infrastructure to manage and reduce climate risk.
Our flagship DARAJA service is supported by the Met Office-led Weather and Climate Information Services for Africa (WISER) Programme of UK FCDO (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office). DARAJA aims to improve the climate resilience of vulnerable populations living in informal settlements in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya by building bridges between communities and weather and climate information providers.
Resurgence clients and partners include: The Met Office, the UK’s national meteorological service, the World Bank HydroMet Division, the Red Cross Climate Centre, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and AECOM. It is a partner of Europe’s largest public - private climate systems innovation partnership, the EIT Climate-KIC.
Voluntary Commitments
The Sendai Framework Commitments (SFVC) online platform serves to incentivize stakeholders to inform the public about their work, to provide a vehicle for sharing commitments and initiatives and for motivation toward the implementation of the Sendai Framework. In turn, UNDRR can monitor and take stock of the progress and impact.
Resurgence is involved in the following commitments:
