Building financial resilience in frontline communities
The communities most affected by climate change and biodiversity loss are far removed from the boardrooms where green finance is designed. Yet the financial tools and strategies meant to address these crises can only succeed if they include the perspective of the people they aim to support. Rare bridges this gap, connecting frontline communities with investors and the private sector, and innovative financial solutions that reflect the realities of the people they impact.
Rare's approach
Understanding the Tools: How Finance Can Restore Nature
Learn how financial innovation supports environmental and social outcomes:
Rare’s Small Scale Fisheries (SSF) Impact Bond is an innovative financial instrument designed to channel private and philanthropic capital toward the revitalization of coastal communities and ecosystems.
Insurance builds community and financial resilience to the impacts of climate change—and Rare is making it accessible, affordable, and effective in the hardest-to-reach coastal communities.
Rare empowers coastal communities to manage their coastal resources sustainably thereby ensuring a more
financially and climate resilient future.
Stories from the frontlines
Stories of Community-Led Conservation and Financial Innovation
Explore how community-led conservation is supported through innovative finance tools that empower local communities and protect natural ecosystems:
Finance in Action
Blue and green finance in action
Rare implements green and blue finance strategies to help frontline communities build wealth, restore ecosystems, and strengthen resilience to climate change. These approaches center on inclusive finance that values equity and long-term environmental health:
Explore how Rare is helping shape frontline finance:
How Rare launched a mission-aligned for-profit to mobilize capital for nature-positive outcomes.
A scalable model in Indonesia demonstrates how performance-based blue finance can empower local stewardship.
Future of finance
Redefining Finance for Climate Resilience and Biodiversity Protection
Meet the bold leaders transforming how the world invests in sustainability. From pioneers in blue finance and green finance to advocates for inclusive finance, these visionary voices are shaping financial systems that prioritize climate resilience, community empowerment, and the protection of our planet’s most vital ecosystems.
These changemakers are redefining how we finance sustainability on the frontlines of climate change:
Hear from Rare’s leaders share how Rare deploys financial tools to build resilience in frontline communities.
Get involved
Join us to build a food system that feeds people, restores nature, and protects our climate. Whether you’re a policymaker, donor, consumer, farmer, or local leader — your actions matter.
