Governance forms the backbone of public as well as private investments in disaster resilient infrastructure. Governance and policy are also drivers of social inclusion and equal opportunities. Achieving commitments across sustainable and disaster resilient infrastructure is dependent on the quality of governance. This includes processes by which policies are formulated and implemented and the respect for citizens, institutions and actors that play a role in infrastructure development. This session on governance and policy brought together high-level stakeholders across CDRI member countries, the private sector and civil society organizations. It will discuss challenges faced, enabling conditions and solutions for disaster resilient infrastructure through the lens of policy and governance. The session acts as a curtain raiser for COP26. This session brought together the information gathered from sectoral, regional and thematic perspectives on disaster resilient infrastructure over the two days of the conference and concluded with the lessons of ICDRI 2021.