Innovation for Resilience Summit
The Innovation for Resilience Summit, co-hosted by Google and Climate Collective Foundation is a curated convening of policymakers, funders, innovators, and ecosystem leaders working at the intersection of climate adaptation, resilience, and innovation in India.
As climate risks intensify across agriculture, water, disaster preparedness, cooling, and regional ecosystems, the need for coordinated, innovation-led resilience solutions has never been clearer. While promising efforts are underway across sectors, they often remain fragmented, spread across pilots, institutions, and geographies, without sufficient shared learning or pathways to scale.
The Innovation for Resilience Summit, hosted as part of Delhi Climate Innovation Week 2026, is designed to address this gap. Supported by our Session Partners Digital Green India, GIZ and World Bank Group; knowledge partners Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), Energiva Ventures, Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), IORA Ecological Solutions, IPE Global, and Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, the Summit brings together a carefully selected group of decision-makers who are shaping resilience outcomes through policy, finance, technology, and implementation. The focus is not on broad narratives, but on grounded discussions around what is working, what needs to change, and how collaboration can unlock more durable resilience outcomes.
About the Event
The Summit will feature an opening plenary followed by focused thematic sessions on:
AI in Action for Climate Resilience
Disaster risk management and preparedness
Climate resilience in agriculture and water systems
Himalayan resilience
Sessions are designed to be concise, informed, and action-oriented, enabling participants to exchange insights, surface opportunities for collaboration, and identify realistic next steps beyond the event.
What Makes This Convening Different
Curated, not crowded: Participation is limited to ensure meaningful dialogue and peer-level exchange
Ecosystem-first: Designed to connect innovators, funders, policymakers, and implementers in the same room
Outcome-oriented: Focused on practical insights, partnership opportunities, and follow-up pathways
Embedded in DCIW: Part of a larger week dedicated to climate innovation, enabling cross-pollination with adjacent themes and actors
Who Should Attend
Policymakers and public institutions working on climate adaptation and resilience
Philanthropic funders, DFIs, and impact investors
Climate and resilience-focused innovators and start-ups
Corporates and implementation partners driving on-ground adoption
Think tanks, research institutions, and ecosystem enablers
Participation
The Innovation for Resilience Summit is invite-only, with limited capacity. Registration requests will be reviewed to ensure a balanced and relevant mix of participants.
About the Organiser
Climate Collective Foundation (CCF) is India’s largest non-profit climate tech ecosystem orchestrator. Founded by clean tech entrepreneurs in 2016, CCF works at the intersection of start-ups, industry, capital, and policy to accelerate climate solutions from idea to deployment.
CCF has supported over 1450 early-stage climate tech start-ups through 96+ programs, enabled industrial pilots and partnerships, facilitated access to capital, and built one of the largest climate innovation communities in the Global South. CCF’s work focuses on reducing fragmentation, aligning stakeholders, and enabling collaboration to achieve climate outcomes at scale.