Today is Finance Day at COP15, the nature summit taking place in Montréal.
The core goal of COP15 is “30×30”, the mission to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and sea by 2030, but midway into the summit fears are growing of a lack of binding commitments. Read WWF’s explainer for the summit.
Over half of global GDP depends on nature, making clear the need to finance its protection and restoration. Click below for some of the key finance-focused events taking place later today:
- The main sessions and key side events from UN CBD, the summit organisers
- Finance-focused side events from Nature Positive, WWF, Global Canopy, the Science-Based Targets Network, UNDP and the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge
To learn more about nature financing, click the links below for a selection of videos and reports on nature finance:
- Watch the finance section of the Nature for Life Hub from UNDP, including GEFI’s contribution
- Watch all of GEFI’s nature-focused content on our EFx platform
- Read Investing in the Planet’s Safety Net: Biodiversity Finance Stories from the Field from UNDP
- Read A Market Review of Nature-Based Solutions from Finance Earth
- Read The why and how of biodiversity integration by financial institutions from the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge
- Read When finance talks nature from WWF
- Read Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy from the World Economic Forum