Climate resilience investing: $600B–$1T by 2030

McKinsey publishes an analysis estimating an addressable market of $600 billion to $1 trillion by 2030 for 49 prioritized climate-resilience technologies and outlines steps to mobilize private capital into this nascent field.

• Main announcement and market sizing: McKinsey estimates an addressable market of $600 billion to $1 trillion by 2030 for 49 priority technologies across ten themes (building resilience, grid hardening, logistics and supply chain, water infrastructure, resilient agriculture, healthcare and livelihood, disaster prediction/prevention/recovery, wildfire and vegetation management, financial-risk transfer, and flood management). The report notes less than $8 billion has been raised for resilience funds to date versus more than $650 billion for decarbonization funds and projects an average annual growth rate of 7–11% for these technologies.

• Key factual details and recent concrete actions: the article documents California wildfires (Jan 2025) causing >50,000 acres burned, >16,000 structures destroyed, ~200,000 customers without power, and more than $50 billion in economic losses (including > $20 billion insured). It lists specific financing and policy actions: California expanded forest-management funding by $170 million to a $2.5 billion total and committed $200 million annually through 2029, California HCD announced $100 million for fire-resilient low-income multifamily housing, Barbados completed a $165 million debt-for-climate-resilience swap, the Yuba I FRB raised $4 million, Hampton, VA directed $12 million to green infrastructure, and private deals noted include Blackstone’s $1 billion buyout of AI Fire and Permira’s $1.8 billion acquisition of Encore Fire Protection.