Stimulating private sector engagement and investment in building disaster resilience and climate change adaptation
This study explores how public finance can be better used to stimulate private sector engagement in building disaster resilience and preparedness for natural catastrophes and climate change. Through four country case studies (Bangladesh, Kenya, Mozambique, Pakistan) and research this report explores what the private sector needs in order to overcome constraints to its engagement and investment in building resilience.
Private Sector Adaptation to Climate Change and Development Agency Support
This note explores the role of the private sector in adaptation and describes challenges to private sector adaptation. It summarizes how development agencies are providing support, e.g. through partnerships with private sector actors, facilitation of clean technology transfer and other measures. The note end with a short overview of the potential ways forward.
Private Sector Engagement in Adaptation to Climate Change: Approaches to Managing Climate Risks
The report analyzes how companies perceive, assess and manage climate change risks. It considers whether companies are taking advantage of the business opportunities arising from climate change and assesses common trends and factors affecting private sector adaptation.
Demystifying Adaptation Finance for the Private Sector
This studies analyses different aspects of private investments into climate change adaptation. Amongst other things, it identifies the adaptation needs of private sector actors and discusses the barriers that inhibit private adaptation finance flows. The study also describes what governments and public finance institutions can do to support private sector investments.
