Programme / session 5F

The investment case for resilience: new evidence and tools

14:30 – 16:00
in
River room
Challenge session
In the face of growing climate impacts and fiscal constraints, QCF, the Bridgetown Initiative and Independent High Level Expert Group (IHLEG), in support of the COP30 Presidency, will host a high-level panel discussion and question-and-answer session around new evidence on the investment case for resilience, and the tools needed to fill the financing gap.
Head and shoulders photo of Ruth Davis.
Ruth Davis
Special Representative for Nature
UK government
Head and shoulders photo of Arend Kulenkampff.
Arend Kulenkampff
Lead innovative finance
NatureFinance
Head and shoulders photo of Evans Osano.
Evans Osano
Chief financial markets officer
FSD Africa
Head and shoulders photo of Pepukaye Bardouille.
Pepukaye Bardouille
Director
Bridgetown Initiative
Head and shoulders photo of Michael Jacobs.
Michael Jacobs
Senior adviser
Expert Review on Debt, Nature and Climate

COP30 presents a critical opportunity to deliver a breakthrough on resilience, with enhanced focus on adaptation and resilience finance, including through the Action Agenda and the Baku to Belém Roadmap to US$1.3 trillion.

This event will unveil fresh analysis that clarifies the investment case, investment needs and financing modalities to build resilience in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), drawing on evidence from diverse organisations. Panellists will discuss the implications of these findings, and priority actions and tools to translate these into economic and financial decision-making.

The event will highlight breakthrough actions to better integrate resilience into national economic, fiscal and public financial management. It will focus on how revised growth and debt sustainability frameworks can recognise the economic value of resilience investments, and set the right incentives to scale them.

By bringing together fresh evidence this event aims to reframe the narrative around resilience as a productive investment in growth and development, and to build momentum around concrete actions to drive a breakthrough at COP30.