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How to mobilize the financial sector to integrate nature-related risks and invest in opportunities for biodiversity conservation?

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In the context of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, it will be necessary to mobilize public and private capital as effectively as possible and direct it towards financing economic transformative models. We will discuss the current consideration of nature within financial decision making and how to scale up finance from all sources.
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At present there is limited consideration of nature-related risks and opportunities within financial decision making and limited efforts to mobilize the financial sector for the conservation of nature. Given the current biodiversity financing gap at the global level, the role of public and private finance will be key to tackle the challenge of resource mobilization and fully achieve the objectives of the post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. This session will present the latest trends and work in this area. In order to go beyond pledges and commitments, it will discuss the enabling conditions for biodiversity finance to be scaled up through the mobilization of the financial sector from the perspective of regulators, central banks and public development banks. It will then be an opportunity to present concrete means of actions, tools and metrics available to private banks, insurers and investors to assess their dependencies and impacts on biodiversity.

Session agenda

Moderator

Mr Aurélien GUINGAND

Biodiversity project manager,
Agence Française de Développement
France


09:00 - 10:30

Rodrigo CASSOLA

Senior Programme Officer,
UNEP-WCMC
United Kingdom


09:00 - 10:30

Speaker

Mr Andrew MITCHELL

Joint Interim Executive Director,
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
Jersey


09:00 - 10:30

Panelist

Ms Clementine FOURNIER

Associate Programme Officer,
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
United Kingdom


09:00 - 10:30

Mr Edward ELLIS

Business Manager,
Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool
United Kingdom


09:00 - 10:30

Dr Gilles KLEITZ

Director - Biodiversity, Water, Agriculture,
Agence Française de Développement
France

Director, Ecological Transitions and Natural Resources Department, AFD
09:00 - 10:30

Prof. John TOBIN-DE LA PUENTE

Professor,
Cornell University
United States of America

Professor of Practice, Cornell University and lead editor of the Little Book of Investing in Nature
09:00 - 10:30

Dr Oliver SCHELSKE

Director - Natural Assets and ESG Research Lead,
Swiss Re Institute
Switzerland


09:00 - 10:30

Romain SVARTZMAN

Research Economist,
Banque de France
France

Economist - Sustainable Finance Division - Banque de France
09:00 - 10:30

Facilitator

Mr Julien CALAS

Biodiversity Research Officer,
Agence Française de Développement
France

AFD Biodiversity Resarch Officr
09:00 - 10:30

Mr Sebastian BEKKER

Programme Officer,
UNEP-WCMC
United Kingdom


09:00 - 10:30

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