Op-Ed: Pension investors cannot afford to ignore the resilience premium

Featured in Investment & Pensions Europe: As climate risk is priced into sovereign debt, insurance and asset valuations, a ‘premium’ on resilience is quietly forming in capital markets.

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May 26, 2026

The latest Op-Ed by Alejandro Litovsky, Founder & CEO of Earth Security in Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) explores how institutional investors can recognise and allocate towards “resilience premiums” — a pricing differential attached to assets and geographies that build their resilience to physical climate risk. The article examines how these signals are becoming visible through:

Credit ratings, as corporate credit profiles improve with resilience investments
Insurance, as natural infrastructure is recognised as a factor in reduced claims
Sovereign debt, as resilience themed instruments improve countries’ positions

The piece provides the data that underscores the infrastructure that we are building. This is not just a financial risk story. It is a story of investment alpha linked to planetary security.

Read the full Op-Ed ‘Pension investors cannot afford to ignore the resilience premium’ on IPE.

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No.	Stage	Region	Size (ha)	Capital Current (USD)	Capital Total (USD)	Registry Listing
1	Pre-feasibility	Central America	5,000	$500k	$10m	Unlisted
2	Pre-feasibility	Southeast Asia	14,000	$3m	Pending	Unlisted
3	Feasibility	East Africa	2,000	$1m	$13m	Unlisted
4	Feasibility	Southeast Asia	18,000	$300k	$21m	Unlisted
5	PDD Drafting	West Africa	14,000	$1.6m	$17m	Unlisted
6	PDD Drafted	South Asia	2,000	$1.9m	$1.9m	Listed
7	PDD Drafted	West Africa	5,000	$10m	$29m	Listed
8	PDD Drafted	Southeast Asia	10,000	$13m	$23m	Unlisted
9	PDD Under Validation	South Asia	1,000	$1.5m	$1.5m	Listed
10	PDD Under Validation	Central Africa	24,000	$2.2m	$2.2m	Listed

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