VISION
A world where destinations are :
Prepared for Climate Risks
Regenerative in nature
Inclusive in opportunity
Drive by local agency
Who We Are
The Resilient Destinations Foundation (RDF) is a not-for-profit organisation working to address one of the most critical gaps in climate action:
The lack of integrated, locally grounded systems that connect sectors and translate global challenges into real solutions.
We bring together:
Communities
Tourism stakeholders
Development practitioners
Humanitarian organisations
Academic institutions
MISSION
Our mission is to co-create Climate Responsible & Climate Resilient Destinations CRCRD by aligning communities, tourism, development and humanitarian systems to address the climate crisis through locally grounded, scalable action. We repurpose existing assets, knowledge systems, and networks to strengthen resilience, reduce carbon footprints, and build safe, livable environments with sustainable livelihoods.
OUR JOURNEY
Born from decades of field experience in responsible tourism and disaster response, RDF emerged from real-world interventions:
Community-led climate monitoring systems
Evacuations during floods using tourism assets
Revival of livelihoods post-disaster
What began as a concern and response has evolved into a global framework for resilience.
CRCRD
Climate Responsible & Climate Resilient Destinations is a systems-level framework that reimagines destinations as a living socio-ecological system, integrating both climate responsibility(reducing overall carbon footprint across mobility, energy, infrastructure, and governance) & climate resilience( building the capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from climate shocks). Developed through decades of on-ground experiences, it bridges mitigation and adaptation into a single, place-based approach, moving beyond tourism as an isolated sector to align entire destinations toward low-carbon, resilient, and sustainable futures. Read more
Live Lab: Resilient Kochi
CRCRD (Climate Resilient & Climate Responsible Destinations) is a systems-level framework that reimagines destinations as living socio-ecological systems, integrating both climate responsibility (reducing overall carbon footprint across mobility, energy, infrastructure, and governance) and climate resilience (building the capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from climate shocks). Built over decades of on-the-ground experience, it brings mitigation and adaptation together in a single, place-based approach—moving beyond tourism as an isolated sector to align entire destinations toward low-carbon, resilient, and sustainable futures. (read more...)