Resources

GARI works closely with organizations across the globe to increase understanding of resilience investment and motivate action. Check here for case studies, research and white papers. 

To further incentives for resilience in waterfront development, Waterfront Alliance has created Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines (WEDG), a national rating system and set of guidelines developed to create resilient, ecological, and accessible assets along the water’s edge. This case study demonstrates that once constructed and operational, designing beyond code for resilience offers a 4:1 benefit-cost ratio and 6:1 for resilience against storm surge on a continuous basis for the new, often improved useful life of the waterfront asset.  Download the Case Study below.

The Role of Resilience in Delivering Resilience: Financing Adaptation and Underwriting Climate Risk was a virtual panel on May 12, 2022 including speakers from Aon, the Insurance and Risk Financing Facility at the United Nations Development Program, and the United Nations Capital Development Program. Watch the recording here.

The Gathering Storm: Adapting to climate change in a post-pandemic world from the UN Environment Programme looks at how the world is adapting to intensifying impacts.

Global Landscape of Climate Finance, 2021 from the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) provides an update on trends around the world on climate-related investment.

Enabling Private Investment in Climate Adaptation & Resilience: Current Status: Barriers to Investment and Blueprint for Action from the World Bank Group and the  Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) in 2021 includes case studies for investors.

 Addressing Physical Climate Risks in Infrastructure Investment  from the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investors (CCRI) in 2021 explores the market failure of overlooking climate risk in infrastructure investments.

Mobilizing Insurance Investment in Sustainable Infrastructure: Role of the United Nation reports on mobilizing insurance investment in sustainable infrastructure (Lauren Carter, 2020)