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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

ℹ️📗NEW Deep Dive: Why we must upgrade current prudential regulation to achieve global financial system resilience ⬇️ 🌐  Established in the wake of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, the Basel 3 global prudential framework intended to enhance financial stability. 📉 However, concerns have been raised around Basel 3’s impact on Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) access to global investment due to: 🔹 Higher capital requirements overall that could drive global banks away from investing in EMDEs. 🔹 Liquidity ratios that required banks to hold a higher volume of liquid assets, ill-suited to the characteristics of domestic financial EMDE markets. 📐 While no direct link has been established, the Basel framework's design can sometimes conflict with EMDEs' specific financial needs. 🌍 In addition, a systemic issue that the framework presents for EMDEs lies in the fact that it does not account for the climate challenge. ❗ This potentially reinforces short-term investment decisions that contribute to climate destruction. 🌿 This is especially significant for emerging economies that face the brunt of the climate and nature crises and need to rapidly scale up investment for climate and development. 📄 Our latest in-depth paper sets out recommendations for adapting global financial regulations to better accommodate both economic and climate resilience, especially for EMDEs. ⏩ Read the in-depth exploration here: https://lnkd.in/dzYQaW4v 📗 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, Vera Songwe, Kate Levick, Barbara Oldani, E3G, Starla Griffin, Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF).

🆕💬 What could developing a bioeconomy in Africa could do for the continent? What is needed to make this happen? 🌱 Early-stage “bioeconomy” ventures are leveraging innovation and technology to drive the economy in a new nature-positive direction. 🇿🇦 As the G20 leadership moves to South Africa in November, there is an opportunity for Africa to accelerate the development of its bioeconomy to enable: -  Increased social inclusion -  Improved and more sustainable jobs,  -  Hitting climate and nature goals 🟩 Achieving a sustainable bioeconomy depends on the realignment of both public and private financial flows to nature-positive outcomes.  📑 This will require integration into mainstream economic plans, which must span the various categories of Africa’s bioeconomy, including: 🌳 Products with an established market, usually where Africa is a lead supplier. 🍃 Areas that could benefit from increased industrialisation and value addition. 🌿 Goods with insufficient demand but for which Africa has intrinsic competitiveness. ⚡ African countries must move quickly up the tech innovation curve to capitalise on the value of the bioeconomy across these categories. 🟢 For this to happen, policy and regulatory reform is needed, as is increased research and development and an influx of capital. 🌍 Investors must start recognising the economic opportunity and the sustainable development imperative of the bioeconomy. ⏩ Read the opinion piece on this topic here: https://bit.ly/3XehxXZ 👥 Authors: James Mwangi, Chief Executive of Africa Climate Ventures and Simon Zadek, Co-CEO of NatureFinance. #NaturePositive #NatureFinance #MakingNatureCount #SustainableFinance

🌎 Ensuring equity for all when tackling the climate and nature crises. 📉 Low-income, nature-rich countries are more at risk from natural disasters associated with climate change and biodiversity loss. 🌐 As the global economy transitions to one with sustainability at its core, new economic opportunities are arising. 🔬 However, these are often capitalised upon by higher-income countries that have a technology base. 📋 As part of the transition to a new economy, governments around the world are setting new rules to regulate trade and commerce in order to prevent continued nature and climate destruction. 🔹 The danger of this is the threat that it would reinforce historic patterns of inequality, leaving lower-income countries to bear the brunt of the transition to a more sustainable economy.  Both the risks associated with the climate and nature crises and the opportunities of the transition must be fairly balanced. 🟦 NatureFinance Co-CEO Simon Zadek recently spoke at the NZZ Sustainable Switzerland Forum on a panel with Kristy Deiner and Judson Berkey. 💬 The panel highlighted the innovations that are aligning financial flows with nature-positive outcomes and providing opportunities for low-income countries with high natural capital. 🌿 Learn more about strategies to leverage a global nature economy that benefits both people and planet at our upcoming online event. 📅 12th September 2024 ⏰ 09:00 – 18:30 BRT ⏩ Register for livestream access here: https://lnkd.in/e5s9ynaQ #SSF24 #NatureRisk #NaturePositive #NatureFinance #MakingNatureCount #SustainableFinance #NbS Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | BKW AG | BMW Group | die Mobiliar | Swisscom | UBS | economiesuisse | EPFL | ETH Zürich

🔄 How to create a virtuous cycle of investment and innovation by stimulating equitable, nature-positive outcomes. 🌐 The investment required to protect nature by 2030 is estimated at USD 1 trillion. ❗ However, the scale of nature-negative finance flows is nearly USD 7 trillion per year.  In order to reset the relationship between nature and finance, we must consider: 🍃 How nature flows through the financial system. 🍃 Solutions to alleviate pressure on nature’s resources. ⬇️ Changing the architecture of the global economy will require new tools and approaches, such as:  📊 Solutions for understanding nature's impacts and dependencies at all levels, including that of ecosystems, companies, and governments. 📡 Affordable technology to monitor the impact of ecosystem changes and improve ecosystem management decisions. 🌿 Mechanisms that ensure equitable markets with investment directed to nature’s stewards rather than the intermediaries. 🟦 Early-stage investments in such pioneering ventures can attract mainstream investment to these vital areas that are often neglected. 📑 In order to accelerate such investment, frameworks are needed that allow investors to understand if an early-stage venture is creating an equitable, nature-positive outcome. 🔵 The Nature Investor Circle, launched by NatureFinance, is a community of early-stage investors, thought leaders and scientists supporting a new generation of nature-positive businesses. ⏩ Read the article on this topic here: https://lnkd.in/eeyFuecF  👥 Authors: Hiba Larsson NatureFinance, Jamie Batho, The Landbanking Group. #NaturePositive #NatureFinance #MakingNatureCount #SustainableFinance

📓 Global standards can restrict flows of capital to Emerging Markets. Here’s how ⬇️ 🌐 The Basel 3 global prudential framework was established in the wake of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis to enhance financial stability. 📋 However, such a standardised approach tailored to advanced economies does not align with the unique challenges faced by Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs). 📉 Higher capital requirements, ill-suited liquidity ratios and strict risk-weight determination can create unintended barriers that prevent capital flows to these regions. 🟦 The absence of climate risk consideration in the framework is also problematic since climate vulnerability is most pronounced for EMDEs. 💶 This means lower-income countries have higher climate finance needs and a higher dependency on global capital markets. 🏦 If standards do not properly adapt to incorporate climate risk considerations, banks will continue to be incentivised to support unsustainable economic activities. 🔵 This will accelerate climate change and, therefore, compound the vulnerabilities of the entire financial system. 📚 The Basel framework must adapt to reflect the specific needs of EMDEs and their climate-related challenges. 🌍 Only then will financial stability and sustainable growth be truly fostered globally. ⏩ For more on how to unlock cross-border resources to these countries to alleviate climate risks, read our paper: https://lnkd.in/eYThdwJ9 Follow Sustainability-Linked Sovereign Debt Hub (SSDH) to stay tuned for new resources on this topic coming soon... #SustainabilityLinkedSovereignDebt #EmergingMarkets #SustainableDevelopmentGoals Arend Kulenkampff, Caroline Dawson, Sandra KENDO, Sima Kammourieh Petrov and Vera Songwe

🌿 Why aligning global finance with nature conservation must be a key area of focus at international conferences like COP16 ⬇️ 🇨🇴 The upcoming UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will take place between the 21st of October and the 1st of November in Cali, Colombia. ✳️ The goal: To accelerate global action around protecting the world’s natural resources. 🔽 The conference will do this by focusing on 3 core areas: 🍃 Advancing the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework into national action. 🍃 Accelerating investment and collaboration to mobilise resources and enhance technical cooperation. 🍃 Finalising agreements on fair and equitable Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS). 🟩 The current state of global financial architecture is holding back these processes across the board. 🔹 Financing patterns continue to drive nature destruction and global temperature rises. 🔹 Money is not moving fast enough towards nature conservation and restoration. 🟢 Without adopting new approaches, the investment needed to advance the specifics of the Global Biodiversity Framework will not be possible. 🌍 The world is already heading into a future well beyond the 1.5 °C global temperature increase limit set by the Paris Agreement. 📋 It's more important than ever that nature goals also support climate goals for a nature-positive world. ✅ Resetting the relationship between nature and finance is at the centre of building an inclusive, sustainable world. One opportunity here and now is investing in bioeconomy with different layers of nature-positive and equitable investments.  🛎️ Follow us on LinkedIn for more on this in a few weeks... #NaturePositive #NatureFinance #MakingNatureCount #SustainableFinance #COP16 #BiodiversityFramework #Biodiversity #NatureConservation

🤖 Ensuring equitable nature-positive outcomes in nature markets with Web3. 🌱 Participation in nature markets is a particular struggle for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities who face issues such as: 🔹 Disputed land rights 🔹 Disproportionate benefit-sharing 🔹 Disregard of indigenous knowledge 🔹 Decision-making exclusion 🟩 These groups often act as stewards of nature who are on the front lines of conservation and restoration efforts. 🌐 Web3 has the potential to unlock equitable involvement for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in ways such as: 📡 Establishing transparency in land ownership and exclusive land-use rights using remote-sensing technology to map territory. ⛓️ Blockchain technology can facilitate fair benefit-sharing from the sale of environmental services by documenting the full financial flow. 🔍 Digital exchange platforms could host financial instruments with methodologies based on Indigenous knowledge, giving them a direct link in the market. 📗 For more details on the potential application for incorporating Web3 into nature markets, read the market landscape report from the Nature Investor Circle. ⏩ Read “The Rise of Web3: Nature’s Potential in the Digital Age” here: https://bit.ly/43QoNMx #NaturePositive #NatureFinance #MakingNatureCount #SustainableFinance #Web3 #Decentralized #AI #Blockchain #Decentralization #Web3community

📣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 operations@naturefinance.net 🟠 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 Due to the very high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within four weeks after the application deadline, please assume that your application has unfortunately not been successful this time. Thank you for your interest and stay up to date via LinkedIn for future roles at NatureFinance. #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