Sustainable Development

Abbie Trinidad [1] , Pauline Wanjahi [2] , Onno van den Heuvel [3] , Marianne Haahr [4] , Robert Pasicko [5] , Mabel Niala [6] , Amir Gerges [7] , David Meyers [8] , Ngawang Gyeltsen [9] , Alonso Martinez Caballero [10] , and Bruno Mweemba [11] Background The term Fin Tech (Financial Technology) ref...Read more

Reflections from the Virtual Conference on Biodiversity Finance Covid-19 stimulus measures must include safeguards for nature to reduce risks of future pandemics. A radical re-think of budgets, investments, and destructive policies that harm biodiversity is essential for long-term recovery after thi...Read more

By Massimiliano Riva, Investment Advisor, UN Joint SDG Fund (Click Here to access publication) Re-thinking and applying strategies to ‘move mountains’ It is a necessary - but incredibly difficult – task to direct private investments into nature conservation and the preservation of biodiversity. But...Read more

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

COVID-19 has exposed critical gaps in the way the world treats and finances its biodiversity. The global pandemic presents a stark reminder that now is the time to reset humanity’s relationship with nature. How to fund that shift is the focus of an international biodiversity finance conference this...Read more