🌊 The Trump administration's HUD is moving to gut the 2024 Federal Flood Risk Management Standard, reverting to outdated FEMA maps for federally backed housing. Critics warn it puts vulnerable residents at greater risk. www.climateproof.news/p/rich-count...

The Adapt Interview Series #5: Tripp Wall (Pantheon Regeneration)

Someone just became a Climate Proof member! Join the club and get all the best in adaptation finance, tech, and policy.

REMINDER: New Link for 'Driving Competitive Advantage Through Spatial Finance'

Curious About Spatial Finance?

🇮🇹 A new CMCC-Deloitte-EUI study warns climate change could slash Italy's GDP by up to 6% by 2050, doubling sovereign debt refinancing risk as a "climate spread" emerges in borrowing costs. www.climateproof.news/p/rich-count...

Germany is set to miss its €6B international climate finance pledge for 2027 by roughly €1B, per a new Oxfam analysis of the draft budget — the third straight year of shortfalls after cuts in 2025 and 2026. www.climateproof.news/p/rich-count...

Meryam Omi On Why Corporate Adaptation Data Needs To Be Open

📊 Oxfam finds rich nations' real climate finance in 2024 was just $32.7B–$44.7B — a third of the $136.7B reported to the OECD. Loans, not grants, are inflating the numbers while poor countries pile up debt. www.climateproof.news/p/rich-count...

Someone just became a Climate Proof member! Join the club and get all the best in adaptation finance, tech, and policy.

Rich Countries Overstating Climate Finance, Trump Admin Targets Flood Resilience Rule, Adaptive Insurance's $5 Million Fundraise, and More

What US Companies Will (And Won't) Say About Adaptation

Webinar Recording & Thank You

🌾 Lithuania's InSoil secured a €120mn credit facility from Pollen Street Capital — one of Europe's largest private credit deals yet for climate-friendly farming. www.climateproof.news/p/world-bank...

💼 Colorado's Green Alpha Advisors launched a new equity strategy betting on climate adaptation over mitigation, spanning grid hardening, water security, and reinsurance stocks. www.climateproof.news/p/world-bank...

🌍 Catalyst Fund closed $30mn for African climate resilience startups, with IFC and Shell Foundation among new backers supporting agritech and cold-chain logistics ventures. www.climateproof.news/p/world-bank...

🦺 Barcelona has issued 1,400 heat-monitoring bracelets to outdoor workers, triggering alerts when body temperature signals heatstroke risk as Spain braces for another heatwave. www.climateproof.news/p/world-bank...

Someone just became a Climate Proof member! Join the club and get all the best in adaptation finance, tech, and policy.

📉 UK lawmakers heard that fudged climate finance accounting is damaging Britain's credibility as a donor nation, with overseas aid nearing a 20-year low despite an £11.6bn pledge. www.climateproof.news/p/world-bank...

📊 The EU just slashed mandatory sustainability reporting data points by over 60%, easing compliance costs for companies under its Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. www.climateproof.news/p/world-bank...

Someone just became a Climate Proof member! Join the club and get all the best in adaptation finance, tech, and policy.

TODAY: What 13,500 Firms' Filings Reveal About Who's Actually Adapting

🚨 FEMA approved $1.4bn in disaster funding last week, including $70.7mn for hazard mitigation — from flood-home buyouts in Iowa to burying power lines out West.

🌿 The Green Climate Fund is loosening its reserve requirements to deploy capital faster, board members decided at a meeting in Tajikistan — a shift aimed at boosting climate finance efficiency worldwide. www.climateproof.news/p/world-bank...

🏦 The World Bank is scrapping its 45% climate lending target under pressure from the Trump administration, pivoting to a broader "smart development" framework. Advocates call it a serious setback for global adaptation finance. www.climateproof.news/p/world-bank...

Someone just became a Climate Proof member! Join the club and get all the best in adaptation finance, tech, and policy.

🌡️ Europe's brutal June heatwave killed at least 3,700 people across France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Scientists confirm the deadly heat was nearly impossible without climate change. www.climateproof.news/p/world-bank...

World Bank 'Retires' Climate Target, EU Rejigs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Rules, Heat Tech in Barcelona, and More

PIDG backs $6.4mn first‑loss capital to mobilize about $750mn for climate‑resilient infra via BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners. Blended finance to widen protection in developing economies.

Global Shield partners with the Insurance Development Forum to build local insurance markets in climate‑vulnerable countries, boosting risk financing on the ground.

London launches Heat Ready London, a six‑area plan to retrofit, expand cooling, and protect vulnerable residents as heat worsens. One million homes at risk.

UK Farming Roadmap promises climate‑resilient agriculture by 2050, boosting Environmental Land Management funding to £2bn and natural flood management investment. A bold bet on sustainable farming.

The Adapt Interview Series #4: Charlie Bilsland (Temperate)

Climate.us launches, restoring public access to climate data and the Climate.gov archive with crowd‑raised support. Welcome back to open science.

Gregg Phillips goes on leave from FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, triggering leadership changes at the disaster agency. What this means for response planning and funding remains to be seen.

MSCI to acquire First Street for $120mn, adding physics‑based climate risk data to its tools and expanding coverage to 2 billion structures.

Sixty‑one countries have expressed interest in the Climate Investment Funds’ Arise program, with roughly $30–$40mn per country for resilience. A major push for climate investment in the developing world.

White House launches the National Resilience Strategy, shifting disaster funding toward states and risk‑based planning. A turning point for federal resilience.

Adaptation finance stalled at US$64bn in 2024 — just 3% of total climate flows, with private funding lagging. Read CPI’s Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2026 for the full picture.

Adaptation Finance 'Plateauing', US National Resilience Strategy Launch, MSCI Buys First Street, and More

LSE Grantham suggests designating forests and other ecosystems as Global Systemically Important Natural Systems to mirror 'too big to fail'. Could this reshape risk monitoring?

Allium lands US$7.4m Series A for low-cost, corrosion-resistant rebar, boosting climate-resilient infrastructure. Backed by Propeller and others.

Commonwealth launches Space4Resilience with the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs and SpaceData Inc., giving 56 members shared access to satellite climate risk data. Pilots start July 2026.

CGIAR teams with the OPEC Fund to launch a Food Security & Climate Adaptation Facility, targeting resilient agriculture, value chains and rural livelihoods.

Bezos Earth Fund backs FireSat with US$26m, funding three satellites to detect wildfires globally. Faster alerts could cut emissions and save lives.

Arc launches ResilienceArc, an open tool to assess corporate exposure to physical climate risk. 200+ firms, 3,000+ assets, but disclosure remains uneven.

What 13,500 Firms' Filings Reveal About Who's Actually Adapting

UK commits £13.9m to ocean resilience via its Blue Planet Fund — funding PROBLUE, Ocean Risk and more to shore up coastlines and reefs.

US lawmakers authorize the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery program, speeding housing, infrastructure, and economic rebuilding for disaster-hit communities