#GGKPwebinar - Closing the Financing Gap: Investing in Natural Capital to Achieve the SDGs

 

According to the latest research to be launched in July, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) and the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) estimate that over $750 billion per year in additional global investment in nature is needed to achieve related SDGs by 2030. Policymakers and the private sector will decide whether we prove capable of plugging this gap in the next 10 years.

 

This #GGKPwebinar featured experts with deep inside knowledge on the implementing solutions to plugging the natural capital investment gap. They discussed how governments and the private sector can value the risks and identify the financing opportunities for enhancing natural capital and building sustainable economic growth, particularly during this strained time of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Presentation

Recording

 

Speakers

Janez Potočnik, former European Commissioner for the Environment; Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel and Partner at SYSTEMIQ

Elizabeth M. White, Principal Strategist-Sustainability, Sector Economics and Development Impact, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Simon Zadek, Chair of Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) and Director of Migrant Nation.

Ivo Mulder, Head (a.i), Climate Finance Unit (UNEP CFU), Ecosystem Division, UN Environment Programme

Anil Markandya, Ikerbasque Professor, Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)

Moderator: Megan Rowling, Climate Correspondent, Thomson Reuters Foundation

 

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