CPI’s adaptation and resilience work combines analytical rigor, policy relevance and financial-sector credibility. 

We show how to overcome adaptation investment obstacles in ways that are practical, politically salient, and aligned with real-world financial decision-making.

What we do

Our work is organized across three areas, underpinned by convening the right decision makers to create the engagement and buy-in that turns concepts into real-world implementation.

Building Adaptation Market Intelligence: CPI has tracked global adaptation finance flows since 2012, providing a long-term view of how the market is evolving. We combine finance-flow data with analysis of investment needs, physical climate risk, and country and sector conditions to identify financing gaps, emerging opportunities, and areas where capital can have greater impact.

Strengthening Enabling Environments for Climate-Resilient Investment: We work with Ministries of Finance, regulators, financial institutions, and other public-sector decision makers to translate climate risk and adaptation information into investment planning, policy, and financial-sector action that reflects fiscal constraints, market conditions, and country priorities.

Mobilizing Public and Private Finance for Adaptation: We design, test, and accelerate financial instruments and approaches that use public resources effectively, allocate and manage risk, and mobilize additional capital for adaptation. CPI has supported the incubation and acceleration of 43 adaptation and resilience finance vehicles, which have collectively mobilized USD 1.2 billion, giving us direct insight into how financial structures can move from concept to investment.

Our analysis consistently links adaptation finance to broader development and geopolitical outcomes, including energy and national security, job creation, political stability, and public health.