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Why DFIs Could Be the Secret Weapon in Scaling Adaptation Finance

Despite a surge in climate finance, adaptation and resilience (CAR) finance remains neglected. Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) are uniquely positioned to bridge this gap by leveraging their influence and expertise to strengthen financial systems.

Banking on Carbon: Inclusive Finance in Colombia

In Colombia, CGAP, Karbon-X, and Bancamía are exploring how inclusive financial services can support forest conservation and community impact. Learn how savings, loans, and digital payments can help households to build resilience without relying on deforestation.

Financial Health Matters: It’s A Bridge to Resilience and Prosperity

In an era of economic volatility and rapid financial innovation, the concept of financial health has emerged as a critical bridge between financial inclusion and positive outcomes for people and economies.

Bridging Humanitarian and Social Protection Systems in Ukraine

Ukraine’s experience highlights a core challenge: humanitarian and social protection payment systems remain disconnected. Bridging them could reduce duplication, lower costs, and improve how civilians access aid in a protracted crisis.

In Sierra Leone, Inclusive Finance is Key to Protecting Coastlines

CGAP and West Africa Blue are linking financial inclusion with mangrove conservation in Sierra Leone, using VSLAs to strengthen livelihoods, reduce pressure on ecosystems, and support sustainable, community-led climate solutions.

Rebuilding Gaza’s Financial Sector: Lessons from Afghanistan

Rebuilding Gaza’s financial sector will be essential for recovery. Funders should strengthen institutions, restore liquidity, and support local capacity. Afghanistan's coordinated, locally-led reconstruction offers an example.

The Most Undervalued Investment Class: Why Inclusive Adaptation Finance Deserves More Attention

Less than 1% of global climate finance is currently going toward community adaptation, leaving behind low-income households on the frontlines of climate change. Inclusive finance presents a solution, but it is not yet attracting the investment interest that it deserves. This blog explores how private sector involvement can help to close the inclusive finance gap, and what will be needed to ensure that private capital can move faster and reach further.

When Funders Unite: A Financing Stack for Climate Resilience

When it comes to resilience financing, there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’: different types of financial institutions need different things at different times. Here we unveil our ‘Climate Resilience Financing Stack’ – a vision for what a well-financed, climate-resilient, inclusive financial sector requires.

Financial Health: Driving Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

Account ownership in LAC has surged, but true progress means translating access into financial health. Banks can lead by using technology to build trust, design customer-first solutions, and expand inclusive digital ecosystems.

Physical Climate Risk Assessments: Understanding the Latest Resources 

Physical Climate Risk Assessments are essential for financial service providers to prepare for climate-related threats. There are now a range of open-source tools that can help. But with so many options, it can be hard to know where to start. We provide a run-down of the tools for FSPs and how to find the best fit.

Climate Risk Assessment: Three Questions FSPs Should Ask

As climate events become more frequent and intense, inclusive FSPs are increasingly being asked to conduct Physical Climate Risk Assessments (PCRAs) by regulators, investors, and other stakeholders. We suggest three key questions FSPs should ask to ensure that PCRAs support a resilient evolution.

How Can Inclusive FSPs Adapt to Climate Change With Win-Win Strategies?

The current climate responses of many financial service providers often result in one party losing out. But win-win is possible. This blog advises how inclusive FSPs can reorient their climate responses towards win-win outcomes for themselves and their customers.

Building Climate-Resilient Microfinance: Lessons from Pakistan

Here, we share three key lessons in resilience from Pakistan’s microfinance sector to help other microfinance institutions (MFIs) avoid climate change undermining their operations and commitment to driving financial inclusion.

Beyond Account Access: Converting Financial Inclusion into Resilience

Account ownership in LMICs has nearly doubled since 2011, but financial resilience remains stubbornly low: just 56% of adults can access emergency funds within 30 days. Achieving true progress on financial resilience will mean moving beyond account ownership as the primary metric of success.

New Data Show the Key Role of Inclusive Finance in Climate Adaptation

Our latest Findex blog takes a deep dive into Findex 2025 data at the intersection of climate shocks, resilience, and financial services, and underscores the vital importance of generating bottom-up data on climate adaptation.

Measuring Financial Health: Findex Broadens Its Scope

Financial health is rising on global agendas, but measuring it remains fragmented. The 2025 Global Findex expands coverage across four key dimensions, offering a step toward global benchmarks while balancing local realities.

Building Resilience: Women, Solar Energy & India’s Turmeric Economy

Women do 80% of the labor in India’s turmeric value chain, much of it grueling and manual. Solar dryers and peelers could ease this burden, improve quality, raise incomes, and build climate resilience with support from green finance tools.

Tailored and Systemic: Navigating Climate Risks With Market-Aligned Responses

Climate risks pose challenges for vulnerable communities, FSPs, and their supporters. Understanding these risks—and how public and private actors can respond—is key to advancing climate adaptation and building resilience.

Four Ways Funders Can Support Climate-Smart Women’s Financial Inclusion

Inclusive finance is a critical, yet underutilized, tool for supporting low-income women’s climate adaptation, and funders can play a key role by helping FSPs overcome key barriers to delivering climate-smart, gender-responsive financial products and services.

Financial Services are the Key to Gender-Inclusive Carbon Markets

As carbon markets evolve from niche climate interventions into a multi-billion-dollar industry, a critical truth is emerging: gender inclusion is no longer optional. It is essential to the permanence, equity, and scalability of carbon projects.