Scaling Adaptation Investment in the Real Economy
This working roundtable, co-hosted by McKinsey and the Global Adaptation and Resilience Investment (GARI) Working Group, brings together corporates, adaptation solution providers, and financial services leaders for a candid, solutions-oriented conversation on what it will take to mobilize real economy capital for climate adaptation and resilience.
Agenda
Breakfast & Gathering
Opening Remarks
Brief Presentation
Discussion Round 1: State of Play
Discussion Round 2: Breaking Barriers
Discussion Round 3: Unlocking Scale
Closing
Discussion Questions
Round 1 - State of Play: What specific short-term and long-term actions and capital expenditures across operations, supply chains, and distribution networks are your organization taking to manage climate risks, and how are these actions treated internally: as deliberate climate adaptation or as business-as-usual resilience initiatives?
Round 2 - Breaking Barriers: What barriers are preventing your organization from doing more to address climate risk, in both the short and long term? To what extent are these barriers driven by a lack of demand, access to financing at the desired costs, or other factors?
Round 3 - Unlocking Scale: Which levers or solutions (e.g., policy, consistent standards, etc.) would help your organization overcome barriers in doing more to address climate risk and move toward deploying more climate adaptation?
Format
Discussion will be held under Chatham House Rule, with a synthesis document produced afterward to capture key themes and insights.
Who Should Attend
We're convening a focused group of:
Implementers & Adopters: corporates taking adaptation action across operations, supply chains, and distribution networks, and providers of adaptation products and services, particularly in consumer products, food and agriculture, healthcare, labor-intensive industries, real estate, infrastructure, and energy
Financial Services Providers: asset owners, pension funds, banks, insurers, and capital allocators with a stake in real-economy climate risk and adaptation