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Finance for Nature Positive: Mobilisation and monitoring of financial flows

Finance for Nature Positive: Mobilisation and monitoring of financial flows

Co-hosted by the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, UNEP FI

Date and time – Friday 25h October, 17:00 – 18:00
Venue – Finance and Biodiversity Pavilion, Blue Zone – Cali, Colombia
Topics – Policy / Positive Impact
Format of event – Presentation / Panel
GBF targets – Goal D; Target 3; Target 7; Target 14; Target 15; Target 19; Target 21; Target 22

Summary

The event on “Finance for Nature Positive” is meant to solicit feedback on the FfB Foundation & UNEP FI’s discussion paper providing guidance on how financial institutions can contribute to implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework. The panel will gather key stakeholders to exchange views on nature strategies to reduce the drivers of biodiversity loss and identify opportunities to conserve and restore biodiversity.

Description

This event will gather feedback from diverse stakeholders about the discussion paper “Nature Positive Finance: building a working model” developed by the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation and UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), with the support of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). It will contribute to CBD discussions on tracking private funding for GBF implementation (i.e., Indicator D3) by better understanding how finance can generate Nature Positive outcomes. The event will also aim to highlight opportunities for funding economic activities supporting the conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of biodiversity.

The international community has called on the private financial sector to play its part in halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030, by including the need to gather financial resources from “all sources” towards the goals and targets of the Biodiversity Plan. Building consensus on the proposed definition of “Nature Positive Finance” is necessary to scale nature finance effectively, while limiting risks of greenwashing. The goal is to create a lighthouse of ambition for the financial sector and to shed light on immediate and applicable actions.

Programme & Speakers

Welcome & opening
Jessica Smith, UNEP FI

Presentation of the Finance for Nature Positive working model
Natacha Boric, Finance for Biodiversity Foundation

Presentation of the Biodiversity Finance Metrics for Impact Reporting
Irina Likhachova, IFC

Panel on the mobilisation and monitoring of private financial flows towards the goals and targets of the GBF, according to the principles of Nature Positive
Moderation by Jessica Smith, UNEP FI
Camille Maclet, BNP Paribas
Leo Murphy, Climate AM
Olga Gavryliuk, World Bank Group
Gavin Edwards, Nature Positive Initiative

Concluding remarks
Caroline van Leenders, RVO Netherlands

Q&A
session with the audience

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