Unlocking the biodiversity-climate nexus: A COP30 call for policy coherence and integrated finance strategies
On 18 November 2025, for the UNFCCC COP30 Biodiversity Day, we have published a call for policy coherence and integrated financial strategies to unlock the biodiversity-climate nexus.
This paper calls for the integrated management of the biodiversity and climate crises by policymakers to achieve the targets set in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs). It also illustrates the importance of the topic for financial institutions by showcasing flagship strategies along the biodiversity-climate nexus.
Calling for ambition on Climate & Nature Finance at UNFCCC COP30
The Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) Foundation calls on Parties to seize the opportunity of UNFCCC COP30 to agree on effective measures to halt and reverse biodiversity loss this decade, notably by supporting the alignment of financial flows with the Paris Agreement and the Global Biodiversity Framework via ensuring the ambition of the ‘Baku to Belem Roadmap 1.3 T’ and the ‘New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance’.
The private sector needs policy coherence along the biodiversity-climate nexus
Beyond COP30, policy coherence is needed to support the finance sector in unlocking the biodiversity-climate nexus:
- At the global level, FfB welcomes the efforts of the three Rio Conventions aiming for further alignment of the frameworks.
- At the local level, in their key policy asks to governments, FfB members call the mandate of integrated climate and nature transition plans. These are time-bound, comprehensive action plans that describe how an organisation intends to reduce its negative impacts on biodiversity and shift towards positive actions, whilst addressing climate-related risks and opportunities.
Examples of financial strategies unlocking the nexus: Forests & the Ocean
Financial institutions committed to biodiversity protection have expressed the importance of coherence between sustainability topics. They are demonstrating leadership by developing policies and strategies in key thematics along the biodiversity-climate nexus.
A focus on Forests:
- 84 FfB Pledge signatories are engaging with companies on deforestation
- Case studies: Agri3 Fund; Folium Capital
A focus on Ocean:
- 40 organisations signed the Global Financial Institutions Statement to Governments on Deep-Sea Mining
- Case studies: SWEN Blue Ocean; Mirova ‘Climate Fund for Nature’