Climate change poses a significant risk threatening the lives and livelihoods of people. These risks cannot be reduced to zero, which means governments must take decisive action to help firms and people manage them. A new report, The Adaptation Principles: A Guide for Designing Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, lays out 6 principles – as well as 26 actions, 12 toolboxes, and 111 indicators – to help ministries of finance approach adaptation challenges.