This Island Press and The Kresge Foundation strategy paper assesses the concept of urban resilience in the face of climate change, examining what’s already known and what remains to be explored. The paper is based on a survey of existing literature and the thinking of organizers, researchers, planners and other urban change agents. We share the collected knowledge with the hope that individuals and organizations working in various related fields can put it into practice to create the resilient cities of the future. (2015)