Biodiversity Finance
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BIOFIN capacity building in China
On December 6th 2022, the the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) UNDP Beijing office organized a seminar “Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN)”, first of the series of seminars that aim to promote the implementation of the biodiversity financing mechanism of the “Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework”. Experts from the UNDP, the International Research Institute of Green Finance (IIGF) of the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), the Environmental Planning Research Institute of the Shandong Province, the Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences and the Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange were invited to introduce their projects and exchange views on the topic.
IIGF initiates cooperation between WWF and Bank of Beijing-MoU on pilot project to reduce commodity-driven biodiversity loss
During the annual meeting of the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF) held on October 29, 2022 the WWF Beijing Representative Office and the Bank of Beijing signed a memorandum of cooperation to launch the Pilot Project of Green Finance in the Commodity Supply Chain. It is the first such agreement between NGO and Chinese Bank that aims to reduce deforestation from the financing end.
Debt-For-Nature Swaps: A Triple-Win Solution for Debt Sustainability and Biodiversity Finance in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)?
In this brief, we analyze the possibilities of applying debt-for-nature swaps in the Belt and Road Initiative, by explaining the concept, looking at successful cases of debt-for-nature swaps as well as analyzing the applicability of debt-for-nature swaps in the selected countries.
Four Axioms of Leadership for Biodiversity Conservation in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
The losses to biodiversity and its consequences on economies and our Earth’s well-being are becoming more evident, while the world is struggling for to develop the post-2020 biodiversity protection framework at the CBD COP 15 in Kunming. Progress for biodiversity protection is even more difficult than protecting climate. In this article, Dr. Christoph Nedopil Wang proposes four axioms, to help move ahead in biodiversity protection in the Belt and Road Initiative and more broadly.