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

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

REGISTERATION LINK https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5859615638715205387

On 6 July (3-4pm CEST), join the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) for the webinar, Closing the Financing Gap: Investing in Natural Capital to Achieve the SDGs. 

This webinar will launch a new report detailing the global investment gap in nature of over $750 billion per year for achieving related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

We will hear from experts with deep inside knowledge on the implementing solutions to plugging the natural capital investment gap. A panel discussion will focus on the financing opportunities for enhancing the ecosystem services that nature provides during this strained time of economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Discussion questions:

What are the investment needs to achieving the nature-based Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

From where will investment in natural capital come from to plug the gap?

How will natural capital investment ensure long-term economic sustainability and resiliency?

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)

Background documents

Assessing Countries' Financial Needs to Meet the SDGs Through Natural Capital Investment

Building Biodiversity - The Natural Resource Management Approach