While expected losses from extreme weather and poor infrastructure maintenance could total tens of trillions of dollars by 2050, current allocations of global climate finance investment towards adaptation total less than 10% annually. To ensure that private and international investment funding is available for long-term mitigation as promising, new decarbonization pathways become ready to scale, it is wise to think through re-balancing investment strategies now to minimize losses and maximize outcomes. How critical are resilience investments for frontline communities facing immediate and intensifying climate-induced impacts? This session will bring together cross-sectoral innovators to map out the implementation of the most promising financing pathways, policies, and sectoral products in this space. 

Moderator

Victoria Barbary

Director, Strategy and Communications, International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds

Speakers

Ulf Erlandsson

Founder and CEO, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute

Christopher Marks

Managing Director, Head of Growth Markets, Innovative Finance and Portfolio Solutions EMEA, MUFG Bank

Mahesh Roy

Investor Strategies, IIGCC

Heike Schmitz

Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills