Integrative, multi-level collaboration has been shown to lead to better outcomes for climate-resilient urban development – but it’s easier said than done. Photo by ICLEI Africa In cities around the world, local officials face multi-dimensional sustainability and resilience challenges and are often responsible for achieving many overlapping mandates. More effective solutions require cross-cutting responses and collaboration across multiple levels of government and sectors. New research reveals practical ways to collaborate – online and in-person – across levels of government and between the public and private sector to make planning decisions that are responsive to the new urban normal. Such integrative collaboration, or “multi-level governance,” leads to better outcomes for climate-resilient urban development. Yet it’s easier said than done, as authorities generally work within well-established sectors and departments, each with their own unending list of deliverables, mandates and agendas.