Accelerating Innovation and Private Investment in Climate Adaptation
Securing financing for climate adaptation projects is key for tackling the effects of climate change. This session at the Seventh GEF Assembly will explore how to accelerate innovation and private investment in climate change adaptation in developing countries.
This session will bring together key stakeholders in climate adaptation that include private companies, investors, civil society, entrepreneurs and members of the GEF partnership to discuss how to accelerate innovation and private investment in climate change adaptation in developing countries. This event will also showcase some projects funded under the GEF Challenge Program for Adaptation Innovation. Discussions will particularly focus on three themes identified as key: SMEs incubation and acceleration; investment funds; and metrics and standards for climate adaptation risk management and opportunity assessment.
Benjamin Simmons, Director of Infrastructure at IISD, will be a panelist at the event, presenting the work of the Nature-Based Infrastructure Global Resource Centre.
Upcoming events
Beyond GDP through Inclusive Wealth: Tackling the planetary crisis better
This session at the Seventh GEF Assembly will explore the experience of recent applications of expanded wealth framework to complement GDP
IGF 22nd Annual General Meeting
The 22nd IGF AGM will be held under the theme of Trust in an Interdependent World: Advancing inclusion and resilience in mineral value chains.
2026 Mining and Sustainability Forum of the Americas
The 2026 Mining and Sustainability Forum of the Americas takes place in Santiago, Chile on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. The forum’s theme is Mining for Development: Value addition and industrial transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The World Trade Organization E-Commerce Post-Moratorium Landscape for Developing Economies
This webinar will explore what the expiry of the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) e-commerce moratorium means for digital trade policy, from tariff revenue and industrialization debates to the risk of a more fragmented trading landscape.