ESG & Investing
Disaster Resilience Investment Has Touched $100 Billion in Asia
A youth carries an elderly man through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Colombo, Sri Lanka in Nov. 2025.
Photographer: ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFPGovernments, investors and banks have poured about $100 billion into efforts to handle the effects of climate change in Asia in the past five years, with water and infrastructure projects attracting the majority of the capital.
More than 90% of the investment between 2021 and 2025 was made by state-related organizations or development finance institutions, according to a study of 165 funding groups published Monday.