Tailwind

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)

Capital Gap – Lack of sufficient investor capital available to A&R innovators.
Demand Gap – Lack of clear demand from A&R solution buyers.
Ecosystem Gap – Lack of adequate support for innovators from academic and innovation support organizations.
Measuring the impact of adaptation companies remains a challenge.
Policies and regulatory frameworks are missing to incentivize adaptation solutions.
Preventing maladaptation is essential so solutions do not unintentionally increase vulnerability to climate change or make a system more susceptible to climate-related risks.

Recommendations for funders, entrepreneurs, corporations and policymakers interested in growing climate adaptation innovation.
Developing an investment thesis that includes climate adaptation and directing more capital into early and late venture rounds for adaptation companies.
Pass Resilience Focused Policies
Fund Innovation Programs
Guide Standards Development
Protect Your Business
Remain Competitive
Improved access to climate data, earth observation and sensor data to identify and monitor climate risk
Support identifying adaptation options and access to financial tools, including identifying novel technologies and nature-based solutions, and tools to calculate the ROI of adaptation measures
Enhanced physical risk reduction solutions for floods, water scarcity, extreme heat, and wildfire impacts on physical assets, workforce and local infrastructure
A broader set of financial risk transfer solutions as a stopgap for unavoidable risks
Support identifying opportunities to innovate to grow revenue through new A&R products and lower costs of climate risk management