As climate impacts intensify globally, capital is urgently needed to scale resilience solutions across sectors and geographies, and this is especially true in developing and emerging economies. This session will explore financial solutions to bridge this gap, highlighting how catalytic capital can unlock transformative private investment into scalable, high-impact adaptation solutions.
Why Attend
Mobilizing billions for adaptation will require innovation not only in climate solutions but in the financial structures that support them. This exclusive session convenes leaders from philanthropy, finance, and the private sector to share:
- How non-commercial capital can be deployed effectively to de-risk and accelerate commercial investment in adaptation
- Applicable lessons from cases of adaptation-focused finance models overcoming persistent market barriers
- How climate risk information can be integrated into financing decision frameworks to inform risk and return assessment
- Practical insights for deploying early-stage and risk-tolerant capital to build pipelines of investable adaptation solutions
Who Should Attend
- Investors and asset managers seeking to understand the adaptation investment landscape
- Philanthropic institutions and family offices exploring catalytic strategies
- Corporate leaders and foundations advancing climate resilience
- Development finance practitioners and intermediaries building adaptation finance vehicles
Agenda
Opening: Understanding the Adaptation Finance Opportunity
A concise overview of where and why adaptation investment remains limited—and the catalytic strategies emerging to close the gap.
Panel Discussion: What’s Working, What’s Next?
A candid conversation with experts working across the adaptation finance spectrum:
- Jess Brown – ClimateWorks Foundation
- Ben Broché – Climate Policy Initiative
- Emilie Mazzacurati – Tailwind
- Jean Shia – Autodesk Foundation
- Jenny Frankel-Reed – Gates Foundation
Networking Reception
Connect with fellow investors, foundation leaders, philanthropists, and adaptation finance experts while exploring specific investment opportunities.
About the hosts
Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) is a global analysis and advisory organization that works to improve the most important energy and land use policies around the world. CPI manages the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab), which identifies, develops, and launches innovative financial instruments that address investment barriers and mobilize private capital at scale. Together, CPI and the Lab have designed and launched over 55 financial instruments that have mobilized billions in climate finance, with a growing focus on adaptation and resilience solutions.
ClimateWorks Foundation is a global platform for philanthropy to innovate and accelerate climate solutions that scale. The organization delivers global programs and services that equip philanthropy with the knowledge, networks, and solutions to drive climate progress. Since 2008, ClimateWorks has granted over $1.3 billion to more than 600 grantees in over 40 countries. Through its collaborative approach, ClimateWorks serves as a trusted partner to a diverse community of philanthropies working to expand their impact, scale solutions, and bring about a more sustainable, equitable, and prosperous future.
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