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Who Takes the Risk on Adaptation? - Aligning DFIs, Investors and Enterprises to Scale Impact
This session tackles a central blockage in adaptation finance: risk that is misallocated, misunderstood or invisible, particularly in fragile contexts. It brings together DFIs, private investors, enterprises and public actors to unpick how risk is currently distributed along the chain, and how incentives can be rebalanced without distorting markets. The discussion links finance, delivery and metrics, reflecting the Geneva thought piece’s argument that adaptation will only scale when risk is made visible and shared more intelligently.
Expected outcomes
Participants leave with (a) a clearer map of who currently takes which risks, (b) examples of mechanisms that can rebalance risk more fairly and efficiently (first‑loss, guarantees, catalytic capital, pipeline platforms), and (c) an understanding of what kinds of indicators and data are needed for adaptation risk to be priced and managed at scale
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