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  • Adaptation will be important driver of returns, says Ninety One

    18 July 2025

    Adaptation-related solutions and services will offer "great" opportunities for sustainability-focused investors, says investor Ninety One, as more asset managers assess the impact of climate change.

  • Guy Carpenter warns of "growing protection gap" in flood-risk areas of US

    14 July 2025

    Riverine flooding in Texas last week "underscores the growing protection gap in areas where flood risk is high, but perceived risk and insurance uptake remains low," according to a briefing note from Guy Carpenter yesterday.

  • Aberdeen: 'Public bond markets are well-primed for climate adaptation and resilience'

    01 July 2025

    Bond markets may be thinking about climate adaptation and resilience finance "all wrong" when looking for investable assets, according to Aberdeen Investments, noting that public fixed income markets are already well-equipped for investing in the theme.

  • Insurers 'must embrace cat bonds to help agricultural resilience'

    27 June 2025

    European insurers have been urged to adopt financial mechanisms such as catastrophe bonds to help "share" the climate risk facing the agricultural sector.

  • Australian regulator to look at adaptation

    25 June 2025

    The Australian financial regulator has told Environmental Finance that it will look at integrating adaptation further into its guidance and predicts that it will be "iteratively" integrated into the national sustainable finance taxonomy.

  • Redesign EU ETS to encourage adaptation financing, says African Development Bank

    10 June 2025

    From Jennifer Forrest in Nice

  • ECB's Lagarde calls for more adaptation finance, warning floods will leave 'regions uninsurable'

    10 June 2025

    From Jennifer Forrest in Monaco

  • IDF to launch insurance-funded adaptation blended finance fund

    09 June 2025

    From Jennifer Forrest in Monaco

  • Nature and adaptation finance to be targeted at COP30, says its CEO

    06 June 2025

    Mobilising finance for nature is set to be a central discussion at the upcoming COP30, but the global talks also need to be "the COP of change in terms of adaptation".

  • US flood risk analysis reveals 'material blind spot' for investors

    07 May 2025

    A new flood data tool has revealed that an average of 60% of losses in the US mainland occur outside federally defined zones, meaning that investors' exposure may be "materially underestimated, putting portfolios at risk".