Resilience AI Powers Cities Against Climate Risks
In a world increasingly shaped by climate change, cities grapple with the rise in natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, and heat waves. Resilience AI, a climate-tech startup founded in 2023, is helping urban bodies, governments, and companies understand and mitigate the vulnerabilities in their infrastructure. The company aims to transform fragmented climate data into actionable insights, ensuring that cities are better prepared for the challenges of a warming planet.
Transforming Data into Action for Safer Infrastructure
Resilience AI’s flagship product, Resilience360, is a software platform that assesses the vulnerability of buildings, roads, and other infrastructure to various climate-related events. The platform is designed to quickly scan and predict how likely a structure will suffer damage from floods, earthquakes, and heat waves. By leveraging data from over a million buildings and 29 real-world disaster events, Resilience360 offers highly accurate predictions, over 90% in just 30 minutes, compared to the lengthy and costly traditional risk assessments that can take up to a year. This tool is not only fast but also aligns with global regulatory standards, such as the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Empowering Stakeholders to Act on Climate Risks
Resilience AI works with a range of stakeholders, including government agencies, infrastructure developers, and large corporations, to prioritize climate resilience in their operations. For instance, in cities like Delhi and Bihar, the platform identified flood and earthquake risks in public buildings, while in Visakhapatnam, it mapped the vulnerability of coastal zones. Its partnerships with Indian Railways and various United Nations-backed projects further illustrate the growing impact of Resilience AI’s tools in improving disaster preparedness.
With the incorporation of Resilience360 into Delhi’s Disaster Risk Reduction Plan, the company has taken a significant step in its mission to equip cities with the insights needed to safeguard their infrastructure from future climate shocks.
