E123: Why Adaptation Is Unavoidable (And Investable)

The impacts of climate change are hitting the world everywhere, all at once — making climate adaptation more urgent than ever before.This week on Everybody in the Pool, we’re flipping the script on climate adaption; no longer viewing it as a funding gap, but as an investment opportunity that could bring lots of types of finance to the table for returns and impact. Niall Murphy, co-founder and managing partner of Morphosis, sits down with Molly to discuss how the world can scale solutions for an already-changing climate, and why the private sector needs to get involved in the new “adaptation economy.”We talk about:What living beyond 1.5 degrees means for adaptationHow 90% of adaptation funding is currently public money, and why that can’t scale to meet the demandThe case for viewing climate impacts as emerging markets and investment opportunitiesWhy insurers’ panic is actually the tipping point we’ve been waiting forReal examples of commercially viable adaptation solutions, from solar-filtering polymers to micro-scale desalinationThe policy gaps that are holding back deploymentHow Morphosis aggregates capital to deploy solutions where they're needed mostLinks:Morphosis: https://www.morphosis.solutions/All episodes: https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/Subscribe to the Everybody in the Pool newsletter: https://www.mollywood.co/Become a member for the ad-free version of the show: https://everybodyinthepool.supercast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.