Part D. Resources

D-5. Guidelines and Tools

Guidelines and relevance to Life-Links Steps

The Life-Links Framework builds on existing guidelines. The main ones are listed below, while acknowledging that many more guidelines exist. In the attached table, for each guideline the most relevant uses for the Life-Links steps are explained.

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• Asian Development Bank, Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure - unlocking opportunities for Asia and the Pacific¹⁰¹

• Department for International Development (DFID), Sustainable Livelihoods Guidance Sheets¹⁰²

• German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), Climate Risk Management (CRM) framework¹⁰³ and a 6-step climate risk assessment (CRA) methodology¹⁰⁴

• Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Supply Chain Analysis for Nutrition (SCAN)¹⁰⁵

• Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Officer Handbook¹⁰⁶

• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Disaster and Climate Change Risk Assessment Methodology¹⁰⁷

• International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH), IAPH Risk and Resilience Guidelines for Ports¹⁰⁸

• International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI), Port Resilience Framework for Action¹⁰⁹

• International Transport Forum (ITF), Transport System Resilience – Summary and Conclusions¹¹⁰

• International Transport Forum (ITF), Enhancing the connectivity, sustainability and resilience of regional freight transport in Central Asia + four working papers¹¹¹

• Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), Integrating Insurance into Climate Risk Management: Conceptual Framework, Tools and Guiding Questions: Examples from the Agricultural Sector¹¹²

• OECD, OECD Supply Chain Resilience Review¹¹³

• PIANC (World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure), Climate Change costs to Ports and Waterways: Scoping the Business Case Assessment for Investment in Adaptation¹¹⁴

• PIARC (World Road Association), PIARC International Climate Change Adaptation Framework¹¹⁵

• UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Building Capacity to Manage Risks and Enhance Resilience - Guidebook for container ports¹¹⁶

• UN Development Programme (UNDP), Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI) in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)¹¹⁷

• UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Towards climate resilient transport systems¹¹⁸

• UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Adaptation & Resilience Impact – a measurement framework for investors¹¹⁹

• UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Technical guidance on comprehensive risk assessment and planning in the context of climate change¹²⁰

• UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Handbook for Implementing the Principles for Resilient Infrastructure⁹⁹

• UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Nature-based Solutions for comprehensive disaster and climate risk management¹²¹

• US Agency for International Development (USAID), Climate Risk Screening and Management Tools¹²²

• World Bank, Climate Toolkits for Infrastructure PPPs¹²³ and for Roads¹²⁴

• World Bank, Disaster and Climate-Resilient Transport Guidance Note¹²⁵

• World Bank, Low-Carbon and Climate-Resilient Rural Logistics in the Sahel: Strategic Framework for Investment Planning¹²⁶

• World Bank, Transport Connectivity for Food Security in Africa – Strengthening Supply Chains¹²⁷

• World Bank, Transport Resilience Financing, Resources and Opportunities (English)¹²⁸

• World Bank, Sub-sectoral Roadmaps to Promote Private Sector Participation in Transport Resilience: Roads, Railways, and Urban Transport¹²⁹

• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Adaptation Planning for Business – Navigating uncertainty to build long-term resilience¹³⁰

• Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance (ZCRAlliance), Adaptation finance and the private sector: opportunities and challenges for developing countries¹³¹

Tools relevant to supply chain resilience and logistics (not an exhaustive list)

The attached table and list below includes a range of leading tools with different approaches available to support resilience across different parts of the supply chain system.

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• AIMMS SC Navigator Decision-support tool for scenario modelling, what-if analysis, and network design optimization. aimms.com/network-design

• Altana Federated supply chain mapping platform with multi-tier visibility, risk screening, and privacy-preserving collaboration. altana.ai

• Correntics Climate Risk Analytics Platform Climate & weather risk analytics SaaS platform quantifying exposure and financial impacts in supply chains. correntics.com

• Everstream Analytics Predictive risk intelligence suite with disruption monitoring, risk-optimized planning, and Reveal early-warning tool. everstream.ai

• Exiger Risk, compliance, and supply chain intelligence (SDX, DDIQ). Provides provenance mapping, due diligence, and risk monitoring. exiger.com

• Jupiter ClimateScores Global Climate risk scoring system with high-resolution, peril-specific metrics for supply chains and infrastructure. jupiterintel.com/climatescore-global

• Kinaxis Supply chain planning platform (RapidResponse) offering concurrent planning, scenario analysis, and AI-powered forecasting. kinaxis.com

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 SCM Enterprise supply chain management suite with unified visibility, AI insights, and logistics coordination, supporting resilience and operational continuity. microsoft.com/dynamics-365/supply-chain-management

• MunichRe – Location Risk Intelligence Geospatial risk analytics platform assessing natural hazard & climate risks at site/supplier level. munichre.com/location-risk-intelligence

• ORIS Materials Intelligence Digital platform dedicated to streamline adaptation and mitigation measures for transportation infrastructure, using material science, lifecycle assessment, and climate scenarios. oris-connect.com

• Prewave AI-driven risk intelligence platform for supply chain monitoring, compliance, orchestration, and reporting. prewave.com

• Project44 Transportation visibility platform with multimodal shipment tracking, predictive ETAs, and disruption alerts. project44.com

• Resilinc Supply chain risk monitoring & mapping platform with multi-tier visibility, event alerts, risk scoring, and Disruption Vulnerability Index (DVI). resilinc.com

• Sourcemap Supply chain mapping & transparency platform with supplier onboarding. sourcemap.com