Adaptation

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

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'

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'

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

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.

Strengthen blended finance for resilience, urges Zurich

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

From Jennifer Forrest in Nice

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

From Jennifer Forrest in Monaco

IDF to launch insurance-funded adaptation blended finance fund

From Jennifer Forrest in Monaco

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

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".

Climate adaptation deals yield $10 in benefits for every dollar spent, WRI estimates