BIOFIN Eurasia Pacific Dialogue – 10, 12, and 17 November 2020 Highlights of the Dialogue [1] Theme 1 : How COVID-19 is changing our world: Can nature be the building block of our COVID-response? The sixth BIOFIN EURASIA Pacific Dialogue kicked off on November 10, 2020 with the introductory theme fo...Read more
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