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Tailwind Futures Monthly Newsletter Market Insights Potential for Overshooting 1.5°C Puts Adaptation in the COP Spotlight COP 30, the United Nations’ annual climate negotiations, wrapped up late November, leaving many parties frustrated with what they see as limited or disjointed progress towards implementation of climate goals. Despite the difficulties in building consensus on how to …

How investors are finding alpha in adaptation Tailwind Futures Monthly Newsletter Market Insights Physical climate risk is influencing cost of capital Climate adaptation solutions to exceed revenue projections based on historical trends by 61% – GIC & Bain The Prepare and Repair Index already outperforms Join us in Tokyo! Join us in Tokyo on November 18 …

Tailwind Futures Monthly Newsletter Market Insights McKinsey sized the market for climate resilience technologies  at up to $1 trillion by 2030. Moody’s found that climate adaptation can support credit strength. Marsh released its annual Climate Adaptation Report. The 2025 survey of major private sector organizations found that: Tailwind Updates Recent Events New York Climate Week saw more …

Join us in New York! We’re excited to announce Climate Resilience Week during Climate Week NYC, a joint initiative from Tailwind Futures, the Global Adaptation & Resilience Investment Working Group (GARI), The Resiliency Company, Resilience Investments, The Lightsmith Group, and the Climate Policy Initiative. Our Events: Monday, September 22: The Adaptation Forum (12-6pm EDT) Kick off your week with a high-energy day of programming …

Tailwind Futures Monthly Newsletter Market Insights Droughts in key copper-mining regions are increasing due to climate change, threatening the already-strained copper supply. At the same time, demand for copper is surging, driven by skyrocketing demand for datacenters to support AI models, a real estate and construction sector that uses more copper than ever before in the built environment, and an energy sector …

Market Insights Bloomberg Intelligence found that US Spending on Climate Damage Nears $1 Trillion Per Year. These rising costs are increasingly recognized by Finance Ministers as a major concern for the economy, found a Global Survey of Ministries of Finance conducted by the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action. Investors, however, are seeing that climate risk is …

Market Insights GIC and Bain released a new report: Sizing the Inevitable Investment Opportunity: Climate Adaptation.  Temasek and BCG covered the state of private equity for A&R: The Private Equity Opportunity in Climate Adaptation and Resilience Urban Land Institute (ULI) released a roadmap for wildfire recovery in LA: Project Recovery: Rebuilding Los Angeles after the January 2025 Wildfires …

Tailwind’s Perspective April was a hard month for professionals in climate adaptation and resilience. Weather and climate research were hit especially hard. NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) was affected by federal employee terminations, leading to understaffed offices that directly impacted NWS’s ability to monitor weather as effectively in certain parts of the country. The administration is …

Welcome to our new monthly newsletter! With major political changes pulling funding from critical climate and community initiatives, the need to scale innovations that bolster the resilience of all communities is only becoming more urgent. Thank you for your energy, support, and perseverance to continue moving adaptation and resilience innovation forward. We’re ready to drive this work …