Assets
Distributed infrastructure with measurable resilience, livelihood, ecological, or productivity value.
A market architecture for resilient climate adaptation assets.
RICA defines standards, financing structures, and evidence pathways for distributed infrastructure that strengthens climate resilience.
Built for investors, sponsors, contributors, and institutions shaping a new adaptation asset class.
RICA connects adaptation infrastructure, implementation standards, evidence-based solutions, and capital-market formation into a common operating framework.
What RICA organizes
A simple structure for a complex market.
Standards
Shared requirements for eligibility, development, documentation, and reporting.
Capital
Project loans, pooled exposure, investor notes, and evidence-backed financing pathways.
Market participants
One framework, several stakeholders.
- Investors evaluating exposure to adaptation infrastructure.
- Sponsors preparing projects for market standards.
- Contributors building tools, evidence, and implementation capacity.
- Institutions coordinating around a common asset framework.