An article published in Environmental Finance on 14 September 2026 has highlighted the growing importance of treating climate adaptation and resilience as a financial and investment issue, rather than one limited to sustainability teams.

The piece reports on a webinar, “Low cost, high yield: The adaptation and resilience investment opportunity for infrastructure”, discussing a recent report produced by International Finance Corporation, AXA Climate, and Scientific Climate Ratings. The report provides the backdrop for a discussion about how better climate-risk analysis could help mobilise private capital towards resilience, by providing investors with clear, actionable metrics such as measures-based IRR.

Matthieu Renard, Climate Risk Manager at Scientific Climate Ratings, highlighted two areas that could help scale private investment in adaptation and resilience:

“First, a streamlining of climate analysis around the asset level,” he said. “We need more time spent looking at the projections by climate models for various pathways at the asset level, so that we have an understanding of the exposure of those assets.

“The second thing would be adding a financial layer to this climate exposure analysis. We really need to translate the raw physical exposure into something that is digestible and understandable.”

His comments highlight the importance of bridging the gap between climate science and financial decision-making, and provide a pathway to accelerate investments in adaptation and resilience.

📖 Read the full article here.

🎬 Watch the webinar replay here.