THE FUTURE OF BIODIVERSITY FUNDING: KEY FINANCIAL MECHANISMS FOR 2025 - Climate change is placing the ecological processes that make up the foundation of Earth in great peril. To halt and reverse these damages, the world must increase its investment in biodiversity and nature protection. This will require innovative financing mechanisms to fund projects with well-defined objectives to assure investors of positive outcomes.

Several large-scale approaches exist to fund projects that protect, restore, and preserve species and ecosystem health, including forest carbon credits with biodiversity benefits (REDD+), biodiversity offsets, green and blue bonds, debt-for-nature swaps, public land conservation, ecosystem service payments, direct loans and grants, and newly emerging biodiversity credits. How effective are these tools in helping to produce nature-positive outcomes? What is the role of biodiversity credits within the current ecosystem of programs designed to protect biodiversity? How can project developers best attract private capital toward environmental projects?

In this session, participants describe their experiences with various biodiversity finance tools, how these tools can be best deployed, and how to improve and expand the ecosystem of biodiversity finance. As a potential tool to attract private entities to invest in nature-based solutions, how can stakeholders define best practices and ensure results?

ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 11/25/2024