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COP26 saw the launch of the Global Resilience Index Initiative, which is underpinned by new global infrastructure risk analytics developed by OPSIS for the UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI).

The Systemic Resilience event from the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI) in collaboration with the governments of Jamaica and the UK, and senior representatives from private and international financial institutions, focused on the challenges and progress in the field of systemic resilience to physical climate risks, with a particular emphasis on supporting the most vulnerable countries to attract capital for redefined resilience needs.

The OPSIS Systemic Resilience Assessment Tool creates a ranked set of investment opportunities for improved decision-making for long-term infrastructure decisions. Professor Jim Hall spoke on ‘Physical climate risk analytics to inform adaptation-aligned finance’ at COP26, representing the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water.

Modelling and analytics from Oxford University’s ‘Oxford Programme for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems (OPSIS)’, developed as part of the World Bank’s Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program (DRFIP) are driving essential infrastructure developments in Southeast Asia.

The importance of practical solutions to improve infrastructure decision-making have been recognised by the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, in a message to the Leaders of the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI).