July 2024: Investing in nature through debt

Better Finance’s Tenke Zoltani took part in a webinar on Nature Bonds to Catalyze investments in Biodiversity organized by BIOFIN, the GEF, UNEP, and hosted by Gaurav Gupta.

Over 200 sectoral experts attended from across the word. Here are some key takeaways:

✅ The conversation was centred on the growing role of thematic bonds in financing nature. In particular, Tenke highlighted the opportunity in using thematic bonds and potentially debt for nature swaps and her work in helping deliver nearly $30bn in thematic bonds to date through UNDP’s leadership.
✅ Innovative funding and investment structures present significant investment opportunities if a value chain approach is taken over a simple reliance on the existing voluntary carbon credits market or the growth of the biodiversity credit market.
✅ Nature-related infrastructure is gaining increasing traction over classical infrastructure thanks to its co-benefits potentials, its returns and overall deployment potential

Read more here: https://www.biofin.org/index.php/knowledge-product/webinar-nature-bonds-catalyzing-investment-biodiversity