The USD 300bn opportunity investing for resilience and impact

Open Resource

Year Published

2024

Contributing Organizations

Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFi)

Type of Resource

Research/Insights Report

Guidance

Languages

English

Relevant Topics

Core Topic

Climate & Transition Finance

Topic 2

Adaptation & Resilience

Topic 3

Climate Policies & Frameworks

Topic 4

Sectors & Pathways

Topic 5

Climate Strategy & Capabilities

Target Audience

Asset Managers

Asset Owners

Banks

Financial Services Providers

All

Relevant Geography

Asia & the Pacific

Global

Open Resource

Resource Description

A summary of an SFi panel discussion on climate adaptation, outlining key themes, investment tools, and opportunities within a USD 300bn resilience and impact opportunity set in emerging markets.

Why This Matters

This highlights a gap between rising climate risks and limited adaptation finance in Asia, providing insight into how private capital and innovative financing structures can support resilience while engaging with a large EMDE opportunity.

Key Insights

Describes adaptation as requiring multi sector solutions across water, food, agriculture, urban infrastructure, and nature-based solutions
Highlights that only a small share of adaptation finance comes from private capital, with blended and concessionary capital used to de risk projects
Identifies debt instruments, including sustainability linked bonds, as key tools to finance adaptation and link returns to measurable outcomes

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