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StanChart and Co's Plan to Mainstream Adaptation Financing

New 'Guide for Adaptation and Resilience Finance' offers 100+ investable adaptation and resilience themes

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TL;DR

  • A new Guide for Adaptation and Resilience Finance from UK bank Standard Chartered, KPMG, and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction plans to turn commercial banks and other investors onto adaptation and resilience (A&R) financing

  • Unique among the investment taxonomies seen to date, it includes over 100 investable A&R themes and activities that financial institutions can start funding today

  • It also lays out a classification framework for identifying A&R investments

  • The Guide has been praised for emphasizing the importance of engaging with local communities and aligning with adaptation plans when making investment decisions

  • While broad in scope and heavy on detail, the effectiveness of the Guide depends on whether and how it is adopted by commercial banks and other entities

The year’s barely 100 days old, and Climate Proof has already reported on a wide range of adaptation and resilience (A&R) financing and investment frameworks, taxonomies, and principles. 

It turns out there’s room for at least one more.

The Guide for Adaptation and Resilience Finance, released today by UK bank Standard Chartered, KPMG, and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), is intended to “unlock private sector capital flows into adaptation and resilience in emerging markets.”

So what makes this Guide special?

There are a couple of reasons. For one, it speaks directly to commercial banks, development finance institutions, and investors looking to harden their portfolios against climate shocks, and lays out an approach that aligns with their habits and practices.

For another, it sets out a list of over 100 investable A&R themes and activities, along with steps for assessing whether or not investments effectively support A&R goals. In doing so, the Guide’s authors hope to unleash a wave of adaptation-related financial innovation that results in more bonds, loans, and other products being used to climate-proof some of the world’s most vulnerable economies.

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