Climate Change Investment Guides

As a member of the EPA EFAB, Collins serves as co-chair of the working group charged to provide advice regarding achievement of the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) program objectives, by convening expert discussions for the public. This EPA webinar in November 2024 will be the third in a series to explore strategies for leveraging the GGRF to attract private capital investment. Meeting materials and recording available here.

This EPA webinar in September 2024 was the second in the series to explore strategies for leveraging the $27 billion GGRF to attract private capital investment. Meeting materials and recording available here.

This EPA webinar in July 2024 was the first in the series to explore strategies for leveraging the $27 billion GGRF to attract private capital investment. Meeting materials and recording available here. 

Collins is lead author of The Unavoidable Opportunity: Investing in the Growing Market for Climate Resilience Solutions published in March 2024 by GARI with data provided by MSCI Sustainability Institute and The Lightsmith Group, in partnership with Bezos Earth Fund and ClimateWorks Foundation. The paper demonstrates the current market and the expected growth opportunity for investing in businesses with resilience products and services.

Collins co-authored this framework for investing in climate solutions published in March 2024 by GARI in collaboration with The Lightsmith Group and in partnership with Bezos Earth Fund and ClimateWorks Foundation. 

Collins contributed to this guide for private equity and venture capital investors published by British International Investment (BII) in 2024. 

Collins was a working group member for this study published by BFA Global, UNIDO and CIFAR Alliance (Climate Innovation for Adaptation and Resilience Alliance) in 2023 through her role as strategic advisor to GARI. 

Collins is lead author of this paper released at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Egypt by GARI. The State of Climate Adaptation and Resilience Investment: Where We Are, Current Investor Views and Paths Forward  looks at the global progress on understanding physical climate risk and resilience, assesses the developing market for investors, studies feedback from stakeholder surveys and discussions, and brings forth a set of recommendations and potential paths forward for resilience investments. 

Collins worked with Women in Climate Tech and Aon to create a 2022 report on the intersection of gender equity and climate change. Collins focuses on rethinking access to capital to reduce climate risk and improve opportunities for women in this video. 

Collins was a lead author of Investor Briefing on Physical Climate Risks and Resilience released in 2019 at the United Nations Climate Conference COP25 in Madrid, Spain. 

The briefing was an update to the GARI 2017 Investor Guide to climate risk released during the One Planet Summit in Paris in December 2017. Collins was a contributing author with  lead authors Jay Koh, Founder of the Lightsmith Group; Emilie Mazzacurati, Founder of Four Twenty Seven, Inc.; and Chiara Trabacchi, PhD at IDB Invest.

These briefings were created in response to interest in climate adaptation and resilience from the private sector and private investors. 

• “Rising to the Challenge: Success Stories and Strategies for Achieving Climate Adaptation and Resilience” (World Bank, 2024)
• Building Sustainable Futures: Advancing Climate Resilience in South Asia (Asia Society, 2024)
• Resilience Monetization and Credit Initiative (Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation, Duke University, IFAD, NDC Partnership, 2024)
• The Navigating Impact Project, IRIS+ Climate Adaptation & Resilience: Improving Power Systems Resilience (GIIN, 2024)
• Taxonomy for Climate Adaptation and Resilience Activities (Tailwind Climate, 2024)