E123: Why Adaptation Is Unavoidable (And Investable)
From Everybody in the Pool by Molly Wood
February 19, 2026 · 34 min · Episode 123
About this episode
The episode discusses the urgent need for climate adaptation and presents it as an investment opportunity rather than a funding gap.
The impacts of climate change are hitting the world everywhere, all at once — making climate adaptation more urgent than ever before. This week on Everybody in the Pool, we’re flipping the script on climate adaption; no longer viewing it as a funding gap, but as an investment opportunity that could bring lots of types of finance to the table for returns and impact. Niall Murphy, co-founder and managing partner of Morphosis, sits down with Molly to discuss how the world can scale solutions for an already-changing climate, and why the private sector needs to get involved in the new “adaptation economy.” We talk about: What living beyond 1.5 degrees means for adaptation How 90% of adaptation funding is currently public money, and why that can’t scale to meet the demand The case for viewing climate impacts as emerging markets and investment opportunities Why insurers’ panic is actually the tipping point we’ve been waiting for Real examples of commercially viable adaptation solutions, from solar-filtering polymers to micro-scale desalination The policy gaps that are holding back deployment How Morphosis aggregates capital to deploy solutions where they're needed most Links: Morphosis…
People in this episode
Host: Molly Wood
Guest: Niall Murphy
Topics covered
- climate change
- adaptation economy
- investment opportunities
- private sector involvement
- commercially viable solutions
Keywords
- climate adaptation
- investment
- private sector
- emerging markets
- policy gaps
- commercial solutions
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Morphosis
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