Nature First and Resilient Cities Summit
Humanity has extracted the best that nature can provide. Now it’s time to brace for the consequences.
We need to fortify our infrastructure, minimise carbon and repair nature. We need to make our cities and people resilient for the challenges ahead and seize the opportunities that may surprise you.
So how are we doing?
This summit brings you face to face with some of the most knowledgeable and engaged subject matter experts in the country
You’ll have a chance to learn, engage in generous QandA sessions and contribute to the conversation.
Together we’ll tackle three key themes that help us understand the mega trends, the challenges to our economy, social and natural environment and how we can adapt and thrive.
WHO NEEDS TO BE THERE?
This event is for anyone working in the sustainability and climate field who needs to understand the challenges of what’s coming over the horizon – for business, government and policy makers and communities.
+ Sustainability professionals, corporate advisers
+ Investors, financier, developers
+ Urban planners, architects, designers, engineers, builders
+ Policymakers, local state and federal government
+ Community leaders
Session themes
Session 1: The megatrends – why they matter
Risk is all around and complex – it’s not just climate and nature that threaten our comfort; there’s geo-political ructions and economic fallout that affect voters – will the voters support climate action? What’s their mood and likely voting patterns?
Session 2: The cost of action/inaction
Investment’s blue sky is green – what’s the appetite from the capital markets and non-institutional investors for resilience/adaptation investment; nature accounting; shifting consumer preferences; strategic communications?
What happens to real estate – residential and commercial?
Session 3: Solutions
Indigenous people know how this country works. We need to understand the essential templates for Country and work with them for cities and regional centres; we need to build on strong communities and infrastructure and urban cooling strategies that are essential to health and wellbeing.
Housing, commercial buildings and materials have enormous opportunities to use nature to find solutions.
Hypothetical: Imagine it’s 2050 and we created a resilient home – how did we do it? Did we use those radical solutions we heard about in the Nature First and Resilient Cities event in 2026?
