This Working Paper presents insights from the Global Infrastructure Resilience Survey (GIRS), conducted under CDRI’s Second Global Infrastructure Resilience Report 2025 (GIR 2025). It reflects global perspectives from infrastructure professionals on the enabling conditions and barriers to resilient infrastructure. The findings reveal a persistent gap between policy ambition and real-world implementation, driven less by technical limitations and more by systemic governance and capacity constraints. While many countries have policies and standards in place, these often do not adequately address resilience or future climate risks, and enforcement remains limited. Risk assessments are inconsistently applied, and their integration into planning remains weak. Across areas such as retrofitting, capacity building, and the adoption of advanced technologies and nature-based solutions, implementation remains limited, reflecting structural constraints. Public-sector capacity gaps, fragmented data systems, and institutional silos further hinder effective decision-making. Investment patterns are also misaligned, with preventive measures such as maintenance and retrofitting continuing to be underfunded. These findings underscore the need to strengthen enforcement, improve risk-informed planning, invest in institutional and human capacity, prioritise preventive measures, and enhance coordination across institutions.