Top 5 Priorities for Resilience INvestment
GARI Discussion Paper - The State of Climate Adaptation and Resilience Investment
The State of Climate Adaptation and Resilience Investment: Where We Are, Current Investor Views, and Paths Forward sets out priorities for resilience investments in these key areas:
Top 5 Priorities
- Metrics and standards - Developing metrics and standards for risk management and opportunity assessment;
- Pricing - Pricing climate risk into investments as a key decision tool;
- Practical frameworks - Creating practical frameworks for resilience investment, looking long-term at desired outcomes and needs by key sectors such as food, transport, buildings, energy;
- Resilient net zero - Incorporating resilience into net-zero initiatives and goals; and
- Social impact - Focusing on social impact, environmental justice and inclusive equity in investments.
These priorities represent large, long-term paths forward that will require participation from all financial actors and climate resilience stakeholders. GARI will focus on these critical efforts in 2023 and beyond.
“Investors have an important role to play in helping to build resilience in the face of climate impacts and to incorporate climate risks in their investment decisions” notes Jay Koh, Chair and Founder of GARI and Managing Director of The Lightsmith Group. “
Read the full discussion paper here.
Read a summary of the GARI 2023 Kickoff and plans to address these priorities here.
