This paper examines the World Bank’s Community-Driven Development (CDD) portfolio to explore the potential for building the resilience of vulnerable communities to climate and disaster risk through CDD programs. It examines the World Bank’s CDD portfolio to assess experience to date and to explore the potential for building the resilience of vulnerable communities to climate and disaster risk through CDD programs. CDD projects have already made a significant investments over the past decade in helping communities deal with disaster and climate risk. This review suggests that there is great potential for a CDD approach to serve as a powerful tool for building disaster and climate resilience at the local level.