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This research paper by the Climate Policy Initiative outlines the state of global climate adaptation finance, highlighting the gap between estimated needs and tracked investments, while discussing the importance and challenges of tracking adaptation finance.

The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and the State University of Medicine are collaborating on the health component of the Caribbean Regional Pathway of the Climate Resilience Pilot Programme (PPRC), a project funded by the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) to integrate climate risk and resilience into development planning for highly vulnerable countries.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) analyzes global adaptation finance flows for 2015-2016, identifying a significant reliance on public development finance and highlighting critical data gaps in private and domestic public sector tracking. It evaluates the alignment of these flows with regional and country-level vulnerabilities and provides recommendations for improving tracking methodologies to better inform investment.

This case study examines the role of the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) Incubator in supporting five selected grantees to scale their resilience innovations. It details the Incubator's methodology, which includes gap analysis, leadership training, and business model development, and evaluates the progress of projects focused on food systems, risk financing, urban habitat, water governance, and smallholder market access across Africa and Asia.

The 'Mapping of Global and Regional Resilience Initiatives' is a report published by the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) in March 2020. It provides a comprehensive directory of funds, financing facilities, networks, alliances, partnerships, organisations, programmes, and projects that focus on or incorporate elements of climate and disaster resilience.

This fact sheet from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) surveys federal funding and technical assistance available to state and local governments, tribes, non-governmental organizations, universities, and individuals to implement nature-based solutions for climate resilience. It details various programs across agencies including the EPA, FEMA, HUD, NOAA, USDA, and USFWS, highlighting their eligibility requirements and providing real-world examples of projects such as wetland restoration, green infrastructure, and urban forestry.

This fact sheet from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) outlines various United States federal funding and technical assistance programs available to implement nature-based solutions for climate resilience. It details programs from agencies including the EPA, FEMA, HUD, NOAA, USDA, and USFWS, highlighting how these resources support green and natural infrastructure to mitigate hazards like flooding and extreme heat.

This outcome document summarizes the findings of the Marrakech Partnership Global Climate Action-MPGCA Agrifood Roundtable held on 5 December 2019 during UNFCCC COP 25. The document argues that radical transformation of the agri-food system is a priority climate solution, noting that the sector has the potential to sequester at least 30% of greenhouse gases (GHG).

This briefing by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) examines the challenges of tracking global adaptation finance and proposes a new framework and technical methodologies to better capture these flows, particularly within the private and domestic public sectors.

This fact sheet by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) describes a study on enhancing the climate resilience of water and energy infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) system and the Open Source Energy Modeling System (OSeMOSYS), SEI evaluated seven major river basins to estimate the economic risks posed by climate change to hydropower and irrigation, providing recommendations for robust investment decision-making.

A briefing outlining the outcomes of the 'Building a Resilient Future' event held on September 22, 2019, which emphasized the need for scaled, proactive resilience building to support the UN Climate Action Summit and protect vulnerable communities.

This outcome document summarizes a day of discussions held on September 3, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand, convened by the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP). The event, titled "Stepping Up Action on Delivering a Resilient Future," aimed to provide stakeholders from Asia and the Pacific with a platform to share resilience-building strategies and raise the need for urgent action ahead of the UN Secretary General's Climate Action Summit. The document outlines key messages and recommendations across five thematic sessions focusing on early warning systems, systems thinking, intersectional vulnerability, nature-based solutions, and financial innovation.

The Climate Resilience Principles, published by the Climate Bonds Initiative in September 2019, provide a framework for integrating climate adaptation and resilience criteria into the Climate Bonds Standard & Certification Scheme. The document defines climate resilience investments as those improving the ability of assets and systems to persist, adapt, or transform against climate-related stresses. It establishes a three-part framework—Framing, Design, and Ongoing Management—to ensure that green bond proceeds are used for assets that are 'fit-for-purpose' and do no significant harm to the broader system. The report also addresses the potential for trade-offs between climate mitigation and resilience goals, suggesting that mitigation requirements might be relaxed for assets providing exceptional resilience benefits in high-risk contexts.

This report provides a comprehensive framework and actionable recommendations for members of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC)—a group of 24 national and regional development banks—to align their strategies and operations with the goals of the Paris Agreement. It emphasizes that alignment requires moving beyond incremental climate finance to a systemic transformation of financial flows, ensuring all activities are consistent with low-GHG, climate-resilient development pathways.

This report outlines the outcomes of the Climate Resilient Cities Initiative (CRC), a strategic alliance between the International Development Research Center (IDRC), the Climate Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), and the Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA) aimed at fostering climate-resilient development in small and medium-sized cities in Latin America.

This synthesis report by the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) examines the role of Marine and Coastal Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in enhancing climate resilience in Southern Africa, specifically focusing on Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, and Tanzania. It advocates for the integration of biodiversity and ecosystem services into national climate policies and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to protect vulnerable coastal populations and ecosystems.

This fact sheet describes a research project by the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), in partnership with the Southern Africa Trust and DFID, aimed at enhancing climate resilience in Southern Africa through the integration of marine and coastal Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) into national climate responses.

This report from the Executive Directorate of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) details activities to bridge the gap between science and policy. It outlines the establishment of procedural rules for the Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC), efforts to strengthen capacity within member states, and the policy impacts of the third round of Cooperative Research Networks (CRN3).

This guide, published by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, provides health care professionals with strategies to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of health care facilities (HCFs) and increase their resilience to climate-related disruptions. It details the environmental impact of the Canadian health sector, offers frameworks for vulnerability and resiliency assessments, and suggests specific mitigation measures across energy use, procurement, transportation, and food systems.

This event report documents a session titled "Colliding climate and conflict risks: building resilience from an integrated approach in fragile and most vulnerable places," held during a GRP/FAO side event preceding the UN Africa Climate Week in Accra, Ghana, on 18 March 2019. The session focused on identifying local actions in Africa to combat food insecurity and conflict risks, analyzing the barriers to their implementation, and discussing strategies to scale these initiatives to national and global levels.