Adaptation and Resilience
There is an urgent need to spur greater investment into climate adaptation and resilience. However, current investments in adaptation constitute only a fraction of what is needed to avoid costly and catastrophic future impacts.
To help investors and policymakers better understand needs and opportunities, and close the adaptation investment gap, CPI tracks the current state of global finance for climate adaptation, guides recommendations on how best to fill data gaps in adaptation tracking, and conducts analysis and proposes solutions aimed to mobilize private finance for adaptation and resilience.
Featured work
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Tracking and Mobilizing Private Sector Climate Adaptation Finance
The lack of data on private adaptation finance creates significant uncertainty regarding progress on addressing climate vulnerabilities and leaves decision makers without critical information on where they should target additional investments. CPI has developed a methodological and data approach to improve tracking of private sector adaptation finance. These efforts have significantly increased the amount of private adaptation finance tracked.
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Financing Adaptation in India
India faces heightened vulnerability to climate change repercussions, given its diverse geography and socio-economic conditions. This report assesses India’s adaptation approach, scrutinizes the policy landscape, evaluates state-level investment needs, and explores avenues to bridge funding gaps through public and private finance.
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Building Financial Instruments for Climate Adaptation
Drawing on lessons learned from past instruments, the Lab has identified five key steps for structuring adaptation-focused financial instruments that deliver results.
Latest work
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Bridging the Adaptation Finance Gap in Asia
Asia faces a critical climate adaptation finance gap, with only USD 34 billion flowing annually against an estimated need of USD 431 billion. Vulnerable populations and economies bear the brunt of extreme weather events, while institutional and financial barriers limit effective local action. Scaling concessional finance, strengthening local leadership, and leveraging innovative tools like callable capital are essential to build climate resilience and secure a sustainable future for the region.
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Tracking Private Investment for Adaptation: The Need, Our Progress, and Next Steps
Private finance for adaptation is increasingly vital—growing these flows requires a better understanding of how much is going where. This blog post highlights CPI’s recent evolution of related tracking methodologies, and next steps to deepen and broaden the data coverage.
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Unlocking Climate Finance for Least Developed Countries: Innovations and Opportunities
LDCs are already driving innovation in climate policy and finance, but closing their climate investment gap will require deliberate and coordinated action. This involves leveraging capital that is catalytic, concessional, and context-specific—making sure that the most vulnerable are not left behind.
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CCFLA Urban Adaptation and Resilience Finance Workstream Scoping Paper
This scoping paper informs CCFLA’s new Urban A&R Finance Workstream by identifying key challenges, mapping member activities, highlighting gaps, and offering recommendations for collective action.
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Lab Alumni share insights on scaling climate finance
Learn how innovative climate finance solutions are scaling impact. This blog post features insights innovators on leveraging guarantees, standardizing approaches, and investing in nature-based solutions to address climate change.
