Resilience

Strengthening investments to withstand and adapt to climate impacts

Resilience Criteria expands the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme to recognise investments that strengthen preparation for and response to climate risks.
 

The Criteria was launched alongside the Climate Bonds Standard v4.3 after public consultation in 2025. 

The Resilience Criteria, based on the Climate Bonds Resilience Taxonomy, provides a process to evaluate whether investments make a substantial contribution to resilience.

Why resilience matters

Heat, floods, droughts, and rising seas are already disrupting economies and communities.
Mitigation alone is not enough. We must scale finance for adaptation to protect people and assets. 

Resilience investments reduce risks, keep economies working, and build trust. They also open a bigger pipeline of investible solutions aligned with the Paris Agreement goals. 

This expansion is particularly relevant for sectors such as infrastructure, water, agriculture, and the built environment, where climate resilience is as critical as emissions reductions. 

The role of the Resilience Criteria

The Criteria are designed to: 

• Provide issuers with a new route for Certification. 
• Assess whether projects contribute to resilience. 
• Embed adaptation in planning, design, and operations. 
• Support ongoing monitoring and adaptive management. 
• Strengthen investor confidence with science-based guidance.

Key considerations

• Climate risk and vulnerability assessments.
• Identification of climate hazards and exposure. 
• Integration of adaptation measures. 
• Systems for ongoing monitoring. 
• No significant harm to mitigation goals. 

Driving positive change 

The Resilience Criteria expands green finance beyond mitigation.
 Helping investors support projects that can thrive under climate stress, while issuers show leadership in resilience and adaptation.