The Raisina Dialogue 2025 convened global experts to explore financing climate resilience, an often-overlooked aspect of climate action. Despite mitigation receiving over 80% of climate funding, adaptation and resilience remain underfunded, impacting societies and economies. Speaking at Firstpost’s IdeasPod during the event, Pepuke Bartowi, director of the Bridgetown Initiative and special adviser on climate resilience to the Barbados Prime Minister’s Office, discussed the country’s innovative debt-for-climate swap.
