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Roundup in Resilience: February 20, 2026

Roundup in Resilience: February 20, 2026

A new global standard, ISO 14092, launched to offer a common playbook for climate adaptation, São Paulo found itself in a climate paradox of near‐record low reservoirs and lethal flash floods, the EU’s scientific advisers urged Brussels to plan for a 3.3°C world, the Green Climate Fund approved one of the largest adaptation packages yet for glacier‐dependent regions, and climate change media coverage fell 14% in 2025.

News

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Issue 19: The Riches of Resilience — The Smart Money Profiting From the World’s Biggest Mispriced Risk

Issue 19: The Riches of Resilience — The Smart Money Profiting From the World’s Biggest Mispriced Risk

Exploring why climate adaptation is quietly becoming one of the highest‐return strategies in corporate finance, and how climate risk assessments are turning floods, heatwaves and supply‐chain shocks into investable resilience projects. As physical risks start to bite and lenders tighten their expectations, we explore how firms, from Unilever to Maersk and data centre operators, are discovering that the real premium now lies in resilience.

Technology

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Roundup in Resilience: February 13, 2026

Roundup in Resilience: February 13, 2026

Analysis identified more than 900 adaptation‐relevant laws and policies across 35 countries, South African cities are being forced to abandon 1‐in‐100 year floodlines as storms intensify, heatwaves in Australia are pushing flying foxes towards extinction, Fiji launched a fund to turn displacement risk into community‐designed projects, and Singapore is re‐weighting toward climate adaptation as a national survival and competitiveness strategy.

Infrastructure

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Roundup in Resilience: February 6, 2026

Roundup in Resilience: February 6, 2026

A landmark study projects more than half a million additional malaria deaths in Africa by 2050, World Weather Attribution showed southern Africa’s latest ‘once-in-50-year’ floods were turbocharged by warming, European citizens report feeling underprepared for escalating extremes, scientists unveiled a step-change in Arctic sea-ice forecasting, and adaptation researchers argue that resilience bonds and managed retreat must become core tools of public policy.

Infrastructure

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Issue 18: The Resilience Trinity - Innovation in Technology, Policy and Finance to Finally Make Climate Adaptation Investable

Issue 18: The Resilience Trinity - Innovation in Technology, Policy and Finance to Finally Make Climate Adaptation Investable

Mapping the Architecture of Adaptation—the emerging trinity of technology, policy, and capital that is finally making climate adaptation investable. As the finance gap widens, we explore how digital twins, market-creating policies, and financial innovation are transforming resilience from a charitable cost into a tangible asset.

Technology

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Roundup in Resilience: January 30, 2026

Roundup in Resilience: January 30, 2026

Australian heat waves became five times more likely due to global emissions, North Atlantic whales adapt to climate change through diet shifts and resource partitioning, climate change threatens 50% of global drinking water via groundwater contamination, England allocated £30 million for coastal adaptation pilots, and Kyrgyzstan's FAO-supported ecosystem restoration targets 6,000 hectares by 2030.

Technology

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Roundup in Resilience: January 23, 2026

Roundup in Resilience: January 23, 2026

Research discovered a record shift in Antarctic penguin breeding patterns due to warming, UK cold extremes have become 1.8°C warmer and fewer in frequency, a study suggests 1.16 billion people could face severe food crises by 2100, Rio de Janeiro favela residents endure 40°C summers, and African adaptation moderates climate- and conflict-driven migration.

Resilience

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Issue 17: From Underwriters to Adaptation Architects: What Role Should Insurers Play in Advising on Climate Adaptation?

Issue 17: From Underwriters to Adaptation Architects: What Role Should Insurers Play in Advising on Climate Adaptation?

Tracking the insurance industry's transformation from risk carriers to adaptation architects. As climate losses render traditional models obsolete, insurers are selling data-driven resilience services—but does this pivot create a dangerous conflict when those who assess the risk also profit from the solution?

Analysis

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Roundup in Resilience: January 16, 2026

Roundup in Resilience: January 16, 2026

UK actuaries warned that hidden aerosol cooling offsets 0.5°C of warming masking true climate sensitivity, the Winter Olympics host pool shrinks precipitously by the 2050s, US incomes have contracted 12% since 2000 due to nationwide climate disruptions, European adaptation investments face a steep funding shortfall, and Chinese communities increasingly self-organise climate adaptation through grassroots knowledge-sharing.

Infrastructure

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