A cross-sector taskforce tackling urban resilience

Coordinating diverse actors across city systems

The context

A city taskforce, bringing together NGOs, utilities, insurers, agencies, and tech firms, is charged with building resilience to floods, heatwaves, and infrastructure breakdowns. Members struggle to align, as each works with different assumptions.

The challenge

Meetings are reactive and fragmented. Without a shared understanding of long-term risks, coordination is slow and tactical.

How LIFT supports the process

• Creates shared context: LIFT integrates diverse signals (climate, housing, governance, insurance) into a coherent, accessible overview.
• Reveals interdependencies: Scenarios like “What if grids fail during a heatwave?” help members see how risks cascade across sectors.
• Supports sensemaking: LIFT highlights alignment opportunities and tension points, providing a factual basis for discussion without forcing consensus.

The outcome

Decisions remain in the hands of the taskforce. But instead of navigating blind, members now act on a shared foresight baseline that makes collaboration faster, clearer, and more systemic.