Climate Resilience Investment 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. 

The World Bank released its flagship report on resilience investment, “Rising to the Challenge: Success Stories and Strategies for Achieving Climate Adaptation and Resilience” in October 2024. The report highlights the growing success of private sector investment in resilience, with 30 examples of private actions and 9 public-sector action or reforms that have a positive impact on resilience and can be replicated and scaled up.

In  2024 the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI), in partnership with The World Bank, released Building Sustainable Futures: Advancing Climate Resilience in South Asia, which delves into the critical challenges facing climate resilience across South Asia.

BlackRock, through its Investment Institute, released the report “Mega Forces – Climate resilience: an emerging investment theme” in December 2023. The report is subtitled Moving beyond risk assessments to climate resilience as an investment theme . Read here. 

Produced by the CIFAR Alliance, UNIDO and BFA Global to unveil key patterns that can redefine investors' approach to climate-conscious investments.This report can help transform the investment journey and create portfolios that not only yield returns but also contribute to a sustainable future. Consider this report your compass, aligning your investments with climate resilience and adaptation goals. Read here. 

From Risk to Reward: The Business Imperative to Finance Climate Adaptation and Resilience released in December 2023 is a study published by BCG in collaboration with the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that lays out the investment thesis for the private sector to finance climate adaptation and resilience. 

Global Landscape of Climate Finance, 2023  from the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) provides an update on trends around the world on climate-related investment.

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.

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)