{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Sustainability Wired","title":"Is Climate Adaptation the Next Mandate for Institutional Investors?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2280,"description":"In this timely episode, Lorenzo Saa sits down with Wendy Cromwell, Vice Chair and Head of Sustainable Investment at Wellington, to unpack the case for climate adaptation across public and private markets.Starting from the now-famous “basis points vs. RCP scenarios” story with Woodwell Climate Research Center, Wendy explains how investors and scientists can bridge languages to price physical climate risk and fund real solutions. From data gaps to the tension between decarbonisation and resilience, this is a practical guide to investing for a world already experiencing heat, drought, wildfire, hurricanes, floods, water stress, and sea level rise.Key topics include:\n✅ The adaptation imperative: why mitigation alone isn’t enough through 2040–2050\n✅ Turning science into basis points: Wellington’s CERA tool and the seven perils framework\n✅ Public markets for adaptation: solution providers in HVAC, generators, engineering, water, pest control, and health care\n✅ Location, location, location: why disclosure of physical sites and supply chains is essential\n✅ Risk in practice: issuers, municipals, securitized, and the floodplain factory example\n✅ Tech enablement: NLP for idea sourcing and AI tools for supply-chain transparency\n✅ Policy and markets: how asset-owner mandates and COP can elevate adaptation metricsWhether you manage equities, credit, munis, or multi-asset, this episode shows how to assess physical risk, price resilience, and back companies that help society survive—and thrive—in a changed climate.🎧 Listen now for concrete ways to integrate adaptation into real portfolios.Key Moments:\n00:00 – The “basis points vs. RCP scenarios” story\n01:04 – Why adaptation belongs alongside mitigation\n03:14 – Wendy’s path to sustainable investment leadership\n07:50 – Why physical risk was neglected, and the Woodwell partnership\n11:40 – The tension: decarbonisation targets vs. adaptation investments\n14:31 – Inside CERA, the Climate Exposure Risk Application\n16:49 – From risk to...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/OTyeoQdchCL3oA7p_HWAMYC8wgqvFvJZSOuw4cCrCOg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZTgw/Zjg5ODViZTE0ZTY4/ZWM1NGIxNzBjODgx/NGM1My5iaW4.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}