On June 17 and 18, 2021, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) organized he Financial Sector and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework workshop.Read more
Mexico
Participants at the webinar
In the framework of Mexico’s finance solution “Greening the finance sector”, Banxico (Mexico’s Central Bank) presented a webinar called “The role of the central bank for a sustainable development” with the Deputy Governor, Irene Espinosa as keynote speaker. The finance solution “Greening the finance...Read more
Bioeconomy
Supported by BIOFIN and NUUP, fund will boost companies that conserve and sustainably use biodiversity The Bioeconomy Acceleration Fund (FAB, its Spanish acronym) is an innovative new fund supporting companies that have a positive impact on ecosystem conservation in the areas of agriculture, fisheri...Read more
Priority Regions of the Sustainable Productive Landscape Project. Source: CONABIO
Through the BIOFIN process, several countries have identified that rather than creating new funds, environmental funds have been set up and are in place; however, many of them are not fully operational and effective. This is the case of Mexico, were the Climate Change Fund was created in 2012 throug...Read more
Finance Sector actors
As part of the Bioeconomy finance solution, BIOFIN Mexico held a session with actors from the financial sector with the objective of getting feedback and validating BIOFIN’s premises on the challenges to fund projects and business that have positive impact on biodiversity. Specialists, investors and...Read more