2025 NYC Climate Week: Financing for Climate Resilience in EMDEs

Private Roundtable: Defining the Financial Returns on Resiliency Investments

Moderated by WSP | Date: September 24, 2025 | Time: 8:30 AM EDT

The goal of this high-level roundtable is to provide a framework for assessing investments in resiliency, demonstrate its potential as an investment category, and outline opportunities for unlocking private sector participation in resiliency projects. Confirmed participant organizations include BCG, RBC, HR&A, World Bank, among others.

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Future Proof: Aligning Incentives for Global Climate Resilience Infrastructure

Date: September 24, 2025 | Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT | Format: Hybrid

Summary: Join us for a discussion on how private and public sector investors, project developers, and other stakeholders are aligning incentives to create climate resilient infrastructure globally and what are the key lessons learned. The session will highlight key lessons learned, and the panel will feature investors with a global portfolio, including infrastructure investors, impact investors, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), building standards organizations, and engineering firms.

Registration Link: Future Proof: Aligning Incentives for Global Climate Resilience Infrastructure

Scaling Adaptation Finance: Introducing the Resilience Challenge

Moderated by Magnitude Global Finance | Date: September 24, 2025 | Time: 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT | Format: Hybrid

Summary: This session will spotlight the ARIC Resilience Challenge and present a set of case studies focused on risk (physical climate resilience) and reward (adaptation investment opportunity). The session will be followed by a reception hosted by ARIC.

Registration Link: Scaling Adaptation Finance: Introducing the Resilience Challenge

Sara Shoff, Director of Strategy and Programs, GARI

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John Chow, Vice President, Transportation Planning, WSP

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