Climate impacts are fundamentally disrupting the building blocks of economic development — industrial infrastructure, energy systems, water resources, and supply chains. Flooding, heat stress, and water scarcity have become material economic risks that directly affect productivity, exports, and employment, particularly in vulnerable economies such as Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). As countries accelerate green industrialization and energy transitions, embedding climate resilience into new technologies and infrastructure becomes a structural requirement for long-term competitiveness and stability. Without such resilient approaches, mitigation efforts risk producing stranded assets, undermining both economic and environmental objectives.  

Yet several systemic barriers persist: fragmented governance across energy, industry, and finance; slow modernization of industrial and infrastructure systems; and the continued under-recognition of industry as a key operational driver of resilience and transformation. In addition, the international financial system often fails to cover the “resilience premium” associated with low-carbon infrastructure in climate-vulnerable countries, underscoring the need for fairer financing approaches that reflect structural vulnerabilities.  

Addressing this nexus directly, the session will explore how resilience can be embedded into industrial policy, infrastructure planning, and investment decisions to secure the green industrial transformation and advance implementation of the Paris Agreement, SDGs 8, 9 and 13, and the Belém Declaration on Global Green Industrialization. The discussion will adopt a strategic, solutions-focused tone, prioritizing practical insights and forward-looking ideas, and contributing to the Forum's broader shift from political ambition to real-world implementation.  The Plenary will pave the way for the discussions in the following two Roundtables on climate-resilient cleantech entrepreneurship and resilient green recovery in fragile contexts.  

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