Programme / session 2B

Mobilising capital for climate resilience: from risk to opportunity

09:45 – 10:45

Challenge session

This interactive session will explore how to build investor confidence and scale finance for adaptation, especially in climate-vulnerable regions. Featuring practical tools, and insights from finance and government leaders, it will spotlight real-world solutions and introduce the new Investor’s Resilience Challenge.

This interactive session will explore the pressing challenge of mobilising capital for climate adaptation and resilience. As momentum builds ahead of COP30, we’ll examine how to strengthen investor confidence, integrate physical climate risk and resilience frameworks, and unlock finance, particularly for climate-vulnerable regions.

The session will open with a global overview of the adaptation finance landscape, including the UK’s role in enabling capital flows and economic resilience. We’ll then spotlight practical tools – such as IIGCC’s Physical Climate Risk Assessment Methodology (PCRAM), the Climate Resilience Investment Framework (CRIF) and risk and resilience metrics – through real-world examples.

The session will feature insights from a panel of leaders across government and finance. Speakers will explore the need for increased investor confidence in resilience opportunities and will introduce a new Investor’s Resilience Challenge. Audience engagement will be encouraged throughout to contribute to the discussion and help shape the path forward for resilience investment.