Climate Bonds Café: Financing Resilience in Asia: How DBS is building the market
About this episode
The episode discusses how DBS Bank is addressing climate resilience in Asia amidst rising climate risks and economic impacts.
Asia is warming at twice the global average, and as a region, has experienced some of the most severe economic and social impacts from climate-related events over the past two decades. Annual costs associated with physical climate risks for companies in Asia are projected to reach USD 336 billion by the 2030s, but several structural barriers continue to constrain capital deployment into climate adaptation and resilience. In this special video episode recording during London Climate Action Week, DBS Bank’s Kelvin Wong and Shilpa Gulrajani, as well as Climate Bonds’ Meggie Eloy, join us to discuss how Asia can move from resilience ambition to mainstream implementation, covering illustrative examples across asset classes and emerging markets. For a deeper dive into the opportunities and challenges for scaling adaptation finance in the region, read the Adaptation and Resilience: Exploring Investable Opportunities in APAC report.
People in this episode
Guests: Kelvin Wong, Shilpa Gulrajani, Meggie Eloy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: DBS Bank, Climate Bonds
Books & works: Adaptation and Resilience: Exploring Investable Opportunities in APAC
Places: Asia, London
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