Finance Solutions

bird wetland

8 Nov 2017

Side Event COP 23: Developing models to integrate biodiversity and climate finance at the national level

Thursday, 9 th November 2017 at 12:30-2:00pm UNDP Pavilion, The Bonn Zone, COP 23, Bonn, Germany Recently, innovative pilots integrated financial assessment and planning methodologies for climate change and biodiversity, based on CPEIR (Climate Policy Expenditure and Institutional Review) the BIOFIN...Read more

10 environmental suggestions

23 Oct 2017

Environmental opportunities and risks assessment for the financial sector in Chile

By Pilar Zapata Coloma, BIOFIN Chile. Is it possible that, when giving credit to a company, a bank or finance institution will assess the environmental risks of the project to be financed; for example, if it affects nearby communities, if it impacts native forest biodiversity, or if it has significa...Read more

Bhutan Monestry

29 Sep 2017

Bhutan, a small country with a big example of sustainable socio-economic development in harmony with nature

By Blerina Gjeka, Programme Associate and Gender Focal Point, BIOFIN The Kingdom of Bhutan is a small country nested among the Eastern Himalayas. A place of unparalleled beauty and rare encounters with endangered Bengal tiger, the mythical Takin – Bhutan’s national animal, the park of the Yetis, the...Read more

UP students waiting for the commencement of the elimination round of the 30th Annual Open Debate Tournament at Malcolm Hall Theater

25 Sep 2017

BIOFIN-UNDP Philippines, UP Pi Sigma Fraternity hold a debate on mobilizing biodiversity financing from unconventional sources

By Angelique Ogena and Alton Durban Quezon City, Philippines – For the second consecutive year, UNDP, through BIOFIN, partnered with the University of the Philippines Pi Sigma Fraternity in holding the 30th Annual Open Debate Tournament. The yearly debate competition, which is the longest running in...Read more

BIOFIN Chile and Cuba present financing strategies during the International Marine Protected Areas Congress IMPAC 4

21 Sep 2017

BIOFIN Chile and Cuba present financing strategies during the International Marine Protected Areas Congress IMPAC 4

By Pilar Zapata, BIOFIN Chile During the first week of September, over a thousand people arrived to the city of Coquimbo, located in northern Chile, to attend the International Marine Protected Areas Congress, IMPAC 4. Authorities, administrators, scientists and local and international participants...Read more