Reports
Canadian Adaptation Innovation Playbook
January 21, 2026
MaRS Discovery District and Tailwind Futures are proud to present the Canadian Adaptation Innovation Playbook, a report establishing a baseline for Canada’s emerging “adaptech” sector. The Playbook maps public and private demand alongside startup activity and capital stack to identify where climate risk awareness is – and is not – translating into investable demand and scalable solutions. The findings presented have implications for both the private and public sectors, signalling where action on the adoption, investment, and supply side is needed.
Adaptation Finance Primer
February 6, 2025
This Adaptation Finance Primer, co-developed with Climate Resilience for All, with funding from the ClimateWorks Foundation, presents potential sources of financing for climate adaptation and resilience projects as the world gets hotter, wetter, drier, and generally more vulnerable to the deadly and costly shocks and stresses of climate change. We present an expansive vision of the landscape and levers of climate adaptation finance, including lesser known or emerging funding mechanisms and highlight where we think the private sector could play a bigger role.
Adaptation & Resilience Innovation Playbook
December 13, 2024
Tailwind Futures’ Adaptation & Resilience Innovation Playbook is a first-of-a-kind report that overviews current supply, demand, and capital trends in the climate adaptation innovation space. In this Playbook, we map the innovations, capital flows, and customer needs shaping this growing investment category. Our analysis of the startup and investor ecosystem, developed in partnership with Vibrant Data Labs, provides the first-of-its-kind detailed analysis of startup activity and funding trends for adaptation startups.
