El convincente caso de negocio para la adaptación climática

A WRI briefing demonstrating that climate adaptation investments yield significant economic, social, and environmental returns, often exceeding the value of avoided climate losses.

• Research indicates that investing $1 in climate adaptation can generate more than $10.50 in benefits over a 10-year period, encompassing avoided losses and broader economic, social, and environmental gains.
• An analysis of 320 adaptation and resilience projects in agriculture, water, health, and infrastructure showed that total investments exceeding $133 billion are expected to generate $1.4 trillion in benefits over 10 years, with an average individual investment return of 27%.
• The 'triple dividend of resilience' framework identifies three categories of returns: avoided losses, induced economic development, and additional social and environmental benefits. Over 65% of the monetized benefits in the study were unrelated to expected climate impacts, such as productivity gains and job creation.
• Sector-specific returns vary, with health investments showing the highest average returns at over 78%, followed by disaster risk management at nearly 36%, and agriculture and forestry at over 29%.
• Climate adaptation can simultaneously serve as a mitigation tool; nearly half of the analyzed adaptation investments helped reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
• There is a significant funding gap for climate adaptation, estimated at up to $359 billion per year, partly because adaptation is often viewed as a cost to avoid loss rather than a broad investment opportunity.

APA

Brandon, C., Kratzer, B., Aggarwal, A., Heubaum, H., & Novenario, C. (2025). El convincente caso de negocio para la adaptación climática. World Resources Institute. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2025-09/insights_compelling_investment_case_climate_adaptation-spanish.pdf?VersionId=UlWubd5rZBjzl8gQfZ9uqnscR3TxHV.9

Chicago

Brandon, Carter, Bradley Kratzer, Aarushi Aggarwal, Harald Heubaum, and Celine Novenario. El convincente caso de negocio para la adaptación climática. World Resources Institute, 2025. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2025-09/insights_compelling_investment_case_climate_adaptation-spanish.pdf?VersionId=UlWubd5rZBjzl8gQfZ9uqnscR3TxHV.9.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{brandon2025convincente, author = {Brandon, Carter and Kratzer, Bradley and Aggarwal, Aarushi and Heubaum, Harald and Novenario, Celine}, title = {{El convincente caso de negocio para la adaptación climática}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2025}, month = sep, url = {https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2025-09/insights_compelling_investment_case_climate_adaptation-spanish.pdf?VersionId=UlWubd5rZBjzl8gQfZ9uqnscR3TxHV.9}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }