Climate-related disasters are here to stay. How can we help people respond?
We focus on how financial services can support low-income people to build resilience to climate risks, adapt to changing conditions, and in some cases even transition to new livelihoods.
The people who have contributed the least to climate change are the most exposed to its impacts. Climate risks exacerbate existing inequalities and increase the chances of income loss, food insecurity, adverse health effects, displacement, and poverty traps.
At CFI, we recognize that financial services are an indispensable tool to help people prepare for climate-related events and recover when they do happen. We work to uncover and pilot product innovations and then share our learnings with both the inclusive finance and climate ecosystems.
Latest Climate Research
Early Warnings, Faster Recovery: How Climate Information and Finance Shape Women’s Resilience in Urban Ethiopia
This report offers new insights into how access to timely climate information shapes urban women entrepreneurs’ ability to anticipate, adapt to, and absorb climate-related shocks. Drawing on original survey data and focus group discussions with over 800 urban women microentrepreneurs in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa, the study shows that timely and actionable climate information…
CFI’s Green Inclusive Finance Framework
Mitigation. Resilience. Adaptation. Transition.
CFI’s framework helps to understand how inclusive finance can support low-income people to prepare for and respond to climate change while improving green outcomes.
Meet our Experts
Our climate risk and resilience experts focus on helping consumers become more resilient and adapt to climate-related shocks.
