Episode 9 - Financing Nature: Opportunity and Risks in Asia Pacific

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The Nature Pledge: Biodiversity and Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific

UNDP - Sean Lees

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Join host, Sean Lees, as he speaks with leading voices on efforts to combat nature loss in Asia-Pacific. What can be done to ensure economic growth does not result in ecosystem collapse and species extinction? What shifts are needed in our values, business practices, and environmental policies to benefit both people and planet? What trade-offs are required? Subscribe to The Nature Pledge podcast to understand the people, policies and politics driving action on biodiversity in Asia and the Pacific today.

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Episode 9 - Financing Nature: Opportunity and Risks in Asia Pacific

The Nature Pledge: Biodiversity and Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific

28 minutes 38 seconds

2 weeks ago

Episode 9 - Financing Nature: Opportunity and Risks in Asia Pacific

A recent World Economic Forum survey ranks biodiversity loss as one of the top threats to our global economy over the next ten years. Yet, a 700 billion USD annual financing gap to halt and reserve nature loss persists. Why the disconnect between the recognition of the risks to our economies and the rate and size of investments made in nature?

Are the returns on investment in nature too small? Is the opportunity to invest in nature misunderstood?

To help clarify the picture, Matteo Marinelli, the Asia Pacific Lead for Sustainable Finance at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) based in Singapore, provides a wide range of insights on the complex landscape of biodiversity finance.