Nature is priceless – yet it’s still underfunded. Join us to explore how public, private, and philanthropic actors can collaborate to close the biodiversity finance gap. We round off the evening with a screening of Wilding, a hopeful story of rewilding and regeneration.
What’s in it for you ?
Whereas the topic of ‘climate finance’ is relatively mature, the same cannot be said of ‘biodiversity finance’ : even though there is quite a large array of existing financial instruments, a wide gap between supply and demand of biodiversity investment remains.
You’ll leave this event with fresh insights on :
- the different financial instruments (impact investment, green bonds, payments for ecosystem services, biodiversity credits…) that exist to finance biodiversity and how a mix of philanthropic, public and private capital could help leverage scarce public resources
- ongoing policy initiatives (at international, European and Belgian level) translating target 19 of the Global Biodiversity Framework into concrete initiatives
- how private investors and financial institutions integrate biodiversity into investment decision-making
Evening Agenda :
- 6:30 PM – Doors open
- 7:00 PM – Panel discussion : Making Nature positive Finance happen
- We have invited policy makers, private investors, financial institutions and non-profit to exchange and reflect on the role of each actor, what they would expect of one another and how dialogue and collaboration could close the biodiversity finance gap.
- Speakers : Ines Verleye (Belgian federal government, technical lead of Belgian delegation at CBD COP’s), Claire Traynor (Chief commercial officer Nattergal - UK), Aaron Vermeulen (Global Lead Finance Practice WWF) and Simon Scholl (Commercial strategist Nature based solutions Triodos Bank) - 8:30 PM – Film screening : Wilding (75’)
Discover the story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their four-hundred-year-old but failing Knepp estate and turns it into a profitable site of wildlife abundance. - 9:45 PM – A drink together
- 10:30 PM – End
Speakers
Ines Verleye (Belgian federal government, technical lead of Belgian delegation at CBD COP’s)
Claire Traynor (Chief commercial officer Nattergal - UK)
Aaron Vermeulen (Global Lead Finance Practice WWF)
Simon Scholl (Commercial strategist Nature based solutions Triodos Bank)
Partners
Event is jointly organized by
The Shift
Newframes Film Festival
Triodos Bank Belgium
WWF Belgium
Wilding
A young couple battle entrenched tradition and hostile forces to bet on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild, beginning a grand experiment.