Adapt Library

April 10, 2025 4:00 PM

This discussion will highlight the impact of climate change on insurance models, risk transfer solutions, and the industry's role in protecting communities and businesses from natural disasters.

View over 70 insurers and insurtech providers developing innovative insurance products to incentivise climate-related risk prevention.

This article features unique insights from seven leading climate insurance experts, including insurers, insurtech innovators, academics, and catastrophe specialists. Hear from AXA Climate, Insurance Development Forum, Faura and the Centre for Disaster Protection, among others.

Slow Factory’s Colin Vernon explores how radical imagination, art, and community-driven solutions can drive climate adaptation and systemic change. Discover how their platform, Everything is Political, is reshaping narratives and mobilizing action.

Expanding catastrophe protection via innovative micro-parametric products at scale with an e-commerce ready platform.

Investing for a climate-resilient future in Africa.

American Forests is the oldest national nonprofit conservation organization in the United States.

March 20, 2025 4:00 PM

This discussion explores climate adaptation and resilience as a $1 trillion opportunity, focusing on investment opportunities, government policy impacts, and alternative funding routes.

An industry list of 100 leading climate adaptation investors, compiled by Adapt Unbound. Filter by investment interest (built environment, energy, water, climate intelligence etc), country, deal stage and more.

We interviewed seven leading investors about the $1 trillion opportunity in climate adaptation, risk and resilience. Learn from Cisco, Activate, Hitachi Ventures and others about financing gaps and opportunties across energy resilience, water, climate intelligence and so much more.

The Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon is a non-profit innovation hub for best-in-class climatetech startups with a focus on clean energy.

Hohonu provides precision monitoring and forecasting to help communities prepare for and respond to flooding.

Providing nonprofit organizations and government agencies with IBM technology and AI solutions to support vulnerable communities around the world.

Connecting stakeholders around innovative projects and pilots that can reduce disaster impacts by centering resilience practices.

Metalmark is a Cambridge-based Harvard spinout developing indoor air quality solutions to benefit people and the planet.

Climate Proof is your go-to source for news and insights on climate adaptation and resilience finance, investment, and technology.

The Columbia Climate School nurtures and supports innovative research in the science, consequences, and human dimensions of climate change.

MaRS Discovery District, North America’s largest urban innovation hub, provides direct support for startups, builds communities of innovators and accelerates the adoption of high-impact solutions to some of the world’s most pressing issues.

Activate empowers scientists to reinvent our world and address climate change by bringing their research to market.

The Lightsmith Group seeks to generate attractive financial returns by investing in growth-stage companies that address critical societal needs.

Tailwind is an innovation studio focused on accelerating the deployment of climate adaptation and resilience solutions.