Climate Proofers

A trillion here, a billion there... climate finance is a study in big numbers, but it's important to look beyond the top-line figures to really understand where the money's all going – and whether it's being put to good use. Morgan Richmond at the Climate Policy Initiative, an independent nonprofit, is a seasoned pro when it comes to tracking climate finance flows. She heads up the Initiative's adaptation finance agenda, and recently put together its State and Trends in Climate Adaptation Finance report. Louie and Morgan discuss the report's findings and the hard work of properly accounting for climate-proofing capital flows, plus the role of different financial organizations in constructing the adaptation finance ecosystem. Sign up to climateproof.news for a twice-weekly dose of climate adaptation & resilience news and insights. Questions? Comments? Email Louie at louiewoodall@loremedia.info

In climate adaptation finance land, there are few experts as productive and well-connected as Dr Nicola Ranger, a director at the University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute, the Resilient Planet Finance Lab, and Greening Finance for Nature Initiative. We get into the nitty-gritty of the projects she's working on right now and go over the data, education, and technical needs of financial institutions when it comes to embedding climate resilience in their lending and investing activities. Sign up to climateproof.news for a twice-weekly dose of climate adaptation & resilience news and insights. Questions? Comments? Email Louie at louiewoodall@loremedia.info

Climate risks are coming for our coastal cities. It's a threat that demands a full bore response, marshalling technical, financial, and community resources from across disciplines. Eugene Montoya, a Miami native and climate finance expert, talks about how his career led to coastal resilience advocacy. He describes his work with the Waterfront Alliance, a non-profit engaging stakeholders on the use and protection of coastal regions, how waterfront resilience projects are and can be funded, and unpacks the burgeonining topic of blue finance. Sign up to climateproof.news for a twice-weekly dose of climate adaptation & resilience news and insights. Questions? Comments? Email Louie at louiewoodall@loremedia.info

Climate adaptation & resilience investments have a public perception problem. Investors struggle to see the opportunities associated with climate-proofing projects, or simply don't know where to start looking for appropriate places to allocate their capital. Sabrina Nagel, Adaptation & Resilience Finance Lead with the UN High-Level Climate Champions and Global Policy & Finance Advisor at the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, talks about shifting the financial industry's perceptions of adaptation investing and describes what policy and regulatory levers can be pulled to get more private capital into climate-proofing activities. Sign up to climateproof.news for a twice-weekly dose of climate adaptation & resilience news and insights. Questions? Comments? Email Louie at louiewoodall@loremedia.info