Bridging the climate adaptation finance gap by making resilience investable.
CAESAR (Climate Adaptation and Economic Solutions for Adaptive Resilience) advances climate adaptation by measuring costs and benefits, identifying barriers to investment, and creating an enabling environment for private finance.
CAESAR (Climate Adaptation and Economic Solutions for Adaptive Resilience) advances climate adaptation by measuring costs and benefits, identifying barriers to investment, and creating an enabling environment for private finance.
Our Mission
Climate adaptation is severely underfunded, and the financial burden already exceeds the capacity of public entities. But the impacts of climate change extend far beyond the public sector: businesses, households, health and safety are all increasingly at risk. CAESAR rethinks how climate risks, responsibilities and incentives are shared to help unlock greater private investment in adaptation.
Climate adaptation is severely underfunded, and the financial burden already exceeds the capacity of public entities. CAESAR rethinks how climate risks, responsibilities and incentives are shared to help unlock greater private investment in adaptation.
Climate adaptation is severely underfunded, and the financial burden already exceeds the capacity of public entities. But the impacts of climate change extend far beyond the public sector: businesses, households, health and safety are all increasingly at risk. CAESAR rethinks how climate risks, responsibilities and incentives are shared to help unlock greater private investment in adaptation.
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Our shared challenge
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We aim to transform how climate adaptation is financed by transforming resilience into a clearer investment case.
Global adaptation finance gap
UNEP, 2024
US$187–359 billion annually
Global adaptation finance gap
UNEP, 2024
US$187–359 billion annually
Global adaptation finance gap
UNEP, 2024
US$187–359 billion annually
Finance mobilised 2021–2022 from private entities
UNEP, 2024
2%
Finance mobilised 2021–2022 from private entities
UNEP, 2024
2%
Finance mobilised 2021–2022 from private entities
UNEP, 2024
2%
Untapped potenntial from private sector
UNEP, 2024
US$50 billion per year
Untapped potenntial from private sector
UNEP, 2024
US$50 billion per year
Untapped potenntial from private sector
UNEP, 2024
US$50 billion per year
How are we doing it
Three key action pilars
(01)
Costs- benefits of adaptation
(02)
Identify barriers & incentives
(03)
Enabling environment
Selecting the right methodologies to measure the costs, benefits and wider value of adaptation and make solutions more attractive to private investors.
8+ robust climate and socio-economic assessments Covering scenarios, risk assessment and impact evaluation.
8+ robust climate and socio-economic assessments Covering scenarios, risk assessment and impact evaluation.
8+ barrier diagnostics Identifying the key barriers to private investment in climate adaptation.
8+ barrier diagnostics Identifying the key barriers to private investment in climate adaptation.
WP 1 & WP 2
Costs- benefits of adaptation
Identify barriers & incentives
Enabling environment
Selecting the right methodologies to measure the costs, benefits and wider value of adaptation and make solutions more attractive to private investors.
8+ robust climate and socio-economic assessments Covering scenarios, risk assessment and impact evaluation.
8+ robust climate and socio-economic assessments Covering scenarios, risk assessment and impact evaluation.
8+ barrier diagnostics Identifying the key barriers to private investment in climate adaptation.
8+ barrier diagnostics Identifying the key barriers to private investment in climate adaptation.
WP 1 & WP 2
(01)
Costs- benefits of adaptation
(02)
Identify barriers & incentives
(03)
Enabling environment
Selecting the right methodologies to measure the costs, benefits and wider value of adaptation and make solutions more attractive to private investors.
8+ robust climate and socio-economic assessments Covering scenarios, risk assessment and impact evaluation.
8+ robust climate and socio-economic assessments Covering scenarios, risk assessment and impact evaluation.
8+ barrier diagnostics Identifying the key barriers to private investment in climate adaptation.
8+ barrier diagnostics Identifying the key barriers to private investment in climate adaptation.
WP 1 & WP 2
Explore our nine case studies which cover a wide spectrum of key community systems
