SUSTAIN Festival 2026

From vulnerability to resilience: Insurable infrastructure lessons from the Pacific
 
Pacific Island countries face some of the world’s toughest conditions for developing resilient, insurable infrastructure. High exposure to natural hazards, fragmented risk management systems, and limited insurance capacity have made infrastructure projects increasingly difficult to insure and sustain.
 
This webinar explores how a project moved from problems to recommendations to implementation, transforming the Asian Development Bank’s Guide to Insurable Infrastructure in the Pacific into a practical facility designed to operate across the full infrastructure lifecycle.
 
Drawing on a multi‑year regional process involving 14 Pacific Island Countries, the session will unpack how the facility was developed, the outcomes achieved, key lessons learned, and how this model could serve as a blueprint for other regions facing similar resilience and financing challenges.