Americas focus - event highlights

'Investing in resilience is a deterrent, as everything has been weaponised'

Money spent on reducing fossil fuel dependency and making food and water systems more resilient helps to deter critical systems from being 'weaponised' in an uncertain geopolitical environment, investors heard.

Natural Disaster Fund expands insurance capacity

Re/insurer MS Amlin has committed $50 million to expand the capacity of the Natural Disaster Fund.

Exclusive: Combined climate and nature value-at-risk tool launched

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and NatureAlpha are launching a tool to price climate and nature value-at-risk, as part of a partnership that could see them release a nature index later this year, Environmental Finance has learned.

Google funds water resilience data tool

Danone, Mars, Hermès back €124m nature carbon fund

The Livelihood Impact Fund has raised €124 million in the first close of a new nature-based carbon fund.