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🌎 What is the bioeconomy, and why is it important? 🌿 The bioeconomy encompasses a wide scope, but most broadly is the use of nature in products and services.    ⬇️ This can include many concepts and areas, such as: 🌱 Sustainable agriculture,  🌱 Bio-based tech, 🌱 Bioenergy. 🌐 Currently, international financial architecture is not designed with equitable nature-positive principles in mind. 🌳 The bioeconomy may herald a fundamental shift in the investment landscape for nature. ➕ However, it must be nature-positive and equitable to work for people, wildlife and the economy; this will require government policy and civil action. 🌍 How the world’s largest economies choose to embrace and champion a bioeconomy will determine if there will be a positive future for climate action, nature, and people. 🍀 The bioeconomy has the potential to provide a pathway to the next set of market, investment, tech and livelihood opportunities for nature-rich countries.  💬 Thank you to everyone who contributed to this video during the Brazilian Forum on Climate Finance. Sonja Gibbs, CFA, Tatiana Schor, Luana Maia (she/her), Vicente Araújo, Txai Suruí, Erik Berglof, Marcello Brito, Juliana Lopes, Lívia Menezes Pagotto - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 📘 For more on the bioeconomy, read the new Global Stocktake paper covering bioeconomy approaches amongst G20 member countries. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e_dFZznp #Bioeconomy #Bioeconomia #NaturePositive #NatureFinance #MakingNatureCount #SustainableFinance

📣Join our team: We are hiring an IT & Security Coordinator in Europe 🟧 NatureFinance is seeking a proactive individual to help ensure the security of the organisation’s technology infrastructure and the protection of its information assets. 🔒 The chosen candidate will be crucial for maintaining a secure environment that enables us to operate efficiently without disruption. ⬇️ The ideal candidate will have:  💻 At least 3-5 years of experience in IT security operation 📄 A Microsoft 365 certification 📋 Proven experience in developing and implementing IT incident response plans 🔍 Keen attention to detail to identify potential IT security risks 💬 Excellent communication skills to convey policies to our team members. 🔶 The role will be full-time, remote, and with a preference for a candidate located within Europe or within the GMT/CET time zone. ⏩ If this sounds like you, please don’t hesitate to apply here: https://lnkd.in/eDWnHMac 📧 Or send your resume and a cover letter to [email protected] 🟠 NatureFinance is a Geneva-based non-profit organisation committed to making nature count in global finance. Find out more here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/esY9RdP9 ℹ️ Application Deadline: 30th August 2024 #NatureFinance #RecruitingNow #GreenJobs #FinanceJobs #SustainableFinance

📣🌱 Join NatureFinance next week at the Sustainable Switzerland Forum. 🇨🇭The NZZ Sustainable Switzerland conference will gather leading sustainability players from business, science and politics to inspire a transformation towards a sustainable economy. 📅 When: 22nd August 2024 📍 Where: Kursaal Bern AG, Bern, Switzerland 🟩 Our Co-CEO, Simon Zadek, will deliver a keynote speech on ‘Nature-based Solutions for Finance’. 🌿  Simon will also feature on a panel discussion afterwards titled, ‘RETHINKING Biodiversity: From Nature-Based Solutions to Sustainable Finance’ 💬 Kristy Deiner and Judson Berkey will join Simon to discuss the innovations that are helping to align financial flows with nature-positive outcomes. ✳️ Both events will take place between 11:00 - 12:00 CET ⏩ View the full agenda and secure your tickets to #SSF24 here: https://lnkd.in/edDz554f #NatureRisk #NaturePositive #NatureFinance #MakingNatureCount #SustainableFinance #NbS Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | BKW AG | BMW Group | die Mobiliar | Swisscom | UBS | economiesuisse | EPFL | ETH Zürich

🌍 What future are we financing? 🌐 Today’s economic model has led to the destruction of nature at unprecedented rates and, as a result, has also accelerated the climate crisis. 🪵 The world has already lost a third of its forests. Half of this loss occurred in the last century alone. ⬇️  100% of today’s global economy is 100% dependent on nature. Ensuring nature-positive equitable principles are at the heart of our financial architecture is, therefore, vital for: 🌱 The protection and restoration of nature and biodiversity 🧩Combatting the climate crisis  💹 Future global economic stability 🟦 A new video campaign from Make My Money Matter, Global Canopy, Global Witness and Rewriting Earth highlights the role pension funds play in financing nature-loss. 🌲 For every £10 placed in a pension, £2 is linked to deforestation. 👤 The #SavingJane campaign is endorsed by Jane Goodall, The Jane Goodall Institute and suggests clear steps for deforestation-free portfolios:  🔹 Firms publishing deforestation policies  🔹 Developing action plans to tackle deforestation within portfolios 🔹 Government laws around requiring deforestation-free funds ⏩ Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/ezBu8RmK NatureFinance is a Geneva-based non-profit organisation committed to #MakingNatureCount in global finance. More on our work ➡️ https://lnkd.in/esY9RdP9 #Pension #Deforestation Paul Goodenough #NaturePositive #NatureFinance #SustainableFinance

🟧 6 ways to promote equitable development & ensure fair compensation in Africa’s biodiversity credit markets. 🌱 Nature credit instruments have the potential to drive private finance into nature conservation and restoration across Africa. 📙  A forthcoming technical report maps and analyses the emerging landscape for biodiversity credits across the continent. 🌿 It covers key principles to ensure this nascent market scales in a nature positive and equitable way. ⬇️ These include recommendations around: 1️⃣ The quality of biodiversity credits. 2️⃣  Market incentives and disincentives. 3️⃣ Equitable market access. 4️⃣ Ensuring a fair price for both nature-rich countries and nature’s stewards, local communities and developers. 5️⃣ Establishing regulations for transparency and efficient biocredit trading. 6️⃣ Building stakeholder voices into the core market design. 📙 Investing in Africa: Investing in Nature by NatureFinance was undertaken with support from Advancing Green and FSD Africa. ⏩Read the summary brochure here: https://lnkd.in/eGRBsvK4 📰 This was recently the feature of a news item from Green Rising; read here: https://lnkd.in/eUqNPhGu #NaturePositive #NatureFinance #MakingNatureCount #SustainableFinance

🗞️ Industry News: The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) launched a new mapping tool to enhance biodiversity reporting. 🗺️ An interoperability mapping resource has been published that gives an overview of the alignment between the TNFD Disclosure Recommendations and metrics and the GRI Standards. ⬇️ The mapping underscores the high level of alignment between both, including: 🔹 The use of consistent nature-related concepts and definitions. 🔹 The reference and incorporation of GRI’s materiality approach in the TNFD Recommendations 🔹 Strong consistency between the TNFD core global disclosure metrics and the related metrics in the GRI Standards. 🔹 GRI 101 uses the TNFD definitions and criteria when considering an organisation’s location in or near ecologically sensitive areas. 🌱 This will help encourage market participants to report on their nature-related dependencies in a more robust manner. ⏩ For more information, see here: https://lnkd.in/gamAdctr #NaturePositive #NatureFinance #MakingNatureCount #SustainableFinance #NatureRisk #NatureReporting 

🔈 What needs to occur to close the global biodiversity finance gap? 🌍 One million of the world’s estimated 8 million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction. 🌿 The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework established a plan to address the key drivers of biodiversity loss in order to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. 💵 However, the world spends more money on economic activities that damage nature than on those that benefit it. 🟢 Estimates state that a gap of $700 billion a year would need to be bridged between now and 2030 to conserve biodiversity and restore ecosystems. 👤 Jeremy Eppel, Principal at NatureFinance, recently spoke on the Think Change Podcast from ODI on this topic. 💬 He was joined by Sara Pantuliano, Laetitia Pettinotti and Anaid Velasco to discuss how to mobilise resources and reduce the harmful incentives that fuel biodiversity loss. ⏩ Listen to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/d-W9PRur #ThinkChangePodcast #Biodiversity #NaturePositive #NatureFinance #MakingNatureCount #SustainableFinance #BiodiversityFinance

🟠 Join NatureFinance at The Drop for a discussion of how Web3 can contribute to nature markets. 📣 Konstantina Koulouri of NatureFinance and Frederic Fournier of Open Forest Protocol will host an event covering the potential applications for incorporating Web3 into nature markets. ⏩Register here: https://lu.ma/tu9koggw 📅 Tuesday 17 September 🕐 12:55 - 13:40 (CEST) 🇸🇪 Lokstallarna, Malmö, Sweden ⬇️ Key questions that will be examined include: 🔸 Which problems can Web3 technologies solve with the aim of producing equitable nature-positive outcomes? 🔸 What are the biggest opportunities for the application of Web3 in emerging areas? 🔸 Which design and technical aspects can foster equity for nature market stakeholders? 🟧 The Drop is Europe's leading Climate Tech event from Pale blue dot. It aims to unite founders, investors, and climate experts to explore innovative solutions to the climate crisis. 📝 This in-person conference requires approval to attend. #NaturePositive  #NatureFinance #MakingNatureCount  #SustainableFinance  #Web3  #Decentralized  #AI  #Blockchain  #Decentralization  #Web3community Domino Studio

❓ Will momentum around the G20 Bioeconomy Initiative continue into the next G20 presidency? 🇿🇦 As Brazil passes the baton to South Africa for the 2025 presidency, ensuring the advancement of the bioeconomy remains part of the agenda is vital. 📆 NatureFinance recently convened an event on this topic with the @South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), the Department of Science and Innovation and the African Natural Capital Alliance. ⬇️ Key Takeaways include: 🌍 There is a clear opportunity to better integrate natural capital in economic development while ensuring African interests are at the heart of global discussions. 📖 The lack of a universal definition of the bioeconomy should not hold back progress, especially if common principles for a nature-positive bioeconomy continue to be established. 🍃 Increased investment in research and development is needed to unlock Africa’s vast bioeconomic potential and move up the technology economic value chains. ⚖️ The bioeconomy can help to ensure long-term prosperity for all by balancing social, environmental, and economic sustainability, but this is not guaranteed and must be intentionally pursued.  🌿 As the bioeconomy is leveraged to advance economic goals, it is crucial to maintain equitable benefits for both people and environments on the ground. ⏩ More on how we are advancing the bioeconomy on the global stage: https://lnkd.in/ebgMUxvF Thank you to all those who attended and shared their insights on the day: Alex Benkenstein, xolisa mabhongo, Ben Durham, Khorommbi Matibe, Harsen Nyambe, Sibongile Mavimbela, Simon Zadek, Anthony Nyong, Fiona Napier, Rowan McDonald, Luana Maia (she/her), Rizqah Mohamed, Carlo Botha CA (SA), Yitatek K. Yitbarek.  #Bioeconomy #Bioeconomia #G20Brazil #NaturePositive #NatureFinance #MakingNatureCount #SustainableFinance #G20SA

ℹ️📗 Deep Dive: Why we must upgrade the current sovereign credit rating regime to unblock capital flows for developing countries ⬇️ 🏢 3 major credit rating agencies dominate decisions around the creditworthiness of sovereign borrowers. 🌀High market concentration compounds misguided judgements, entrenched beliefs and susceptibility to bias. 💬 These agencies' dominance allows them to resist pressure to open up to public scrutiny or amend their methodologies. 💵 This is especially consequential for small and low-income states that rely on external borrowing to cover their financing needs. 🌍 The result has been a global misallocation of resources away from emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). 🟢 Changing the status quo will require major upgrades to regulatory and policy approaches. 📑 Our new in-depth paper recommends pathways to address the negative consequences of the current regime, such as: 🟩 Improving the sovereign credit rating industry 🟩  Disrupting the sovereign credit rating industry 🟩  Unblocking capital flows to Emerging Markets and Developing Economies. ⏩ Read the 7 specific steps on how these pathways can be achieved in the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/eYThdwJ9 📗 Additional “deep dives” will be released in the coming months. 🛎️ Follow us on Linkedin for more content on this series and to be notified when a new resource is published. #SustainabilityLinkedSovereignDebt #EmergingMarkets #SustainableDevelopmentGoals Arend Kulenkampff, Caroline Dawson, Sandra KENDO, Sima Kammourieh Petrov and Vera Songwe.