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UNDP Calls for Scaling Debt-for-Development Swaps to Align Fiscal Relief with Nature Protection

July 1, 2025 No Comments

Key Impact Points: Debt Relief Meets Biodiversity Protection At a key side-event during the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Policy Director Marcos Neto emphasized the urgency of aligning debt relief with climate and biodiversity action. “In 2023, developing economies spent a record

Putting Nature at the Heart of Our Economy – Marc Palahí Explores the Vital Role of Nature-based Investing

June 27, 2025 No Comments

Originally Published in Le Temps by Marc Palahí, Chief Nature Officer at Lombard Odier, on 16 June 2025 Key takeaways: Following the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 2025), held recently in Nice, one thing is clear – transforming our economy by investing in nature is key to tackling the deep

UNEP PSI Launches Nature Risk Assessment Guide for Insurers at London Climate Action Week

June 27, 2025 No Comments

Key Impact Points: Groundbreaking Guidance for the Insurance Sector As part of London Climate Action Week, the UNEP Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) Working Group for Nature unveiled a foundational report titled Rooted in Risk: Framing nature-related assessments for insurers. This marks the first release in a new series aimed

ECB Adds Nature Loss Indicator to Climate Disclosures as Portfolio Emissions Decline

June 20, 2025 No Comments

Key Impact Points: ECB Introduces Nature Exposure Metric in Climate Reporting The European Central Bank (ECB) has released its third climate-related financial disclosure, introducing a new indicator that evaluates how ECB and Eurosystem corporate portfolios depend on or impact nature. This marks a significant step in aligning climate and biodiversity

UK Proposes Major Expansion of Bottom Trawling Ban to Safeguard Marine Protected Areas

June 20, 2025 No Comments

Key Impact Points: Government Moves to Curb Destructive Fishing Practices The UK government has proposed new measures to ban bottom trawling—a fishing method that drags heavy nets along the seabed—in 41 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), covering approximately 30,000 square kilometers of English waters. The initiative is designed to protect fragile

Scaling Investment for Africa’s Sustainable ‘Blue Economy’ – Marisa Drew

June 16, 2025 No Comments

by Marisa Drew (chief sustainability officer at Standard Chartered) Despite carrying 80% of the world’s trade, absorbing 30% of its carbon-dioxide emissions and providing food security for almost 3 billion people, the global “blue economy” (oceans and waterways) is suffering from acute underinvestment, and nowhere more so than in Africa.

ERS Acquires Equitable Earth to Scale Indigenous-Led Forest Carbon Standard

June 16, 2025 No Comments

Key Impact Points: ERS Acquires Indigenous-Focused Forest Carbon Standard ERS, an ICVCM-approved carbon standard focused on nature-based solutions, has acquired Equitable Earth, a forest carbon standard co-developed by Indigenous leaders, community stakeholders, and technical experts. The move marks a significant shift in voluntary carbon markets toward prioritizing high-integrity, community-rooted REDD+

Unlocking bioeconomy finance: Connecting capital markets and forest conservation in the Amazon

UNEP FI Backs Living Amazon Mechanism to Channel Private Capital into Biodiversity, Bioeconomy Solutions

June 12, 2025 No Comments

Key Impact Points: Connecting Capital Markets with Conservation As the world prepares for COP30—the “COP of Solutions”—one urgent challenge remains: how to finance global goals for nature and biodiversity. Meeting the Rio Conventions’ targets will require more than public funding; it will demand bold private sector investment and partnerships. The

SWEN CP launches the second vintage of its impact ocean fund Download Accueil / News / SWEN CP launches the second vintage of its impact ocean fund

SWEN Capital Partners Launches €300 Million Fund for Ocean Biodiversity, World’s Largest Impact Venture Fund of Its Kind

June 12, 2025 No Comments

Key Impact Points: SWEN Capital Partners Scales Ocean Impact Strategy with Second Blue Ocean Fund SWEN Capital Partners has raised €160 million in the first close of SWEN Blue Ocean 2, the world’s largest ocean-focused impact venture fund. With a €300 million target, the fund will back startups advancing technologies

Fugro to Lead Development of Safety Standards for Ocean-Based Carbon Removal

June 12, 2025 No Comments

Key Impact Points: Fugro to Develop First-Ever mCDR Environmental Impact Standards Fugro has been tapped by Ocean Visions to lead the development of a standardized Environmental Impact Assessment Framework for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) technologies—advancing a critical area of climate innovation focused on the ocean’s capacity to store carbon.

Spotlight: Robert Mærsk Uggla and the Race to Reinvent Global Trade

July 1, 2025 No Comments

Putting Nature at the Heart of Our Economy – Marc Palahí Explores the Vital Role of Nature-based Investing

June 27, 2025 No Comments

UNEP PSI Launches Nature Risk Assessment Guide for Insurers at London Climate Action Week

June 27, 2025 No Comments

ECB Adds Nature Loss Indicator to Climate Disclosures as Portfolio Emissions Decline

June 20, 2025 No Comments

UK Proposes Major Expansion of Bottom Trawling Ban to Safeguard Marine Protected Areas

June 20, 2025 No Comments

Scaling Investment for Africa’s Sustainable ‘Blue Economy’ – Marisa Drew

June 16, 2025 No Comments

ERS Acquires Equitable Earth to Scale Indigenous-Led Forest Carbon Standard

June 16, 2025 No Comments

UNEP FI Backs Living Amazon Mechanism to Channel Private Capital into Biodiversity, Bioeconomy Solutions

June 12, 2025 No Comments

SWEN Capital Partners Launches €300 Million Fund for Ocean Biodiversity, World’s Largest Impact Venture Fund of Its Kind

June 12, 2025 No Comments

Fugro to Lead Development of Safety Standards for Ocean-Based Carbon Removal

June 12, 2025 No Comments

Nature & Biodiversity

UNDP Calls for Scaling Debt-for-Development Swaps to Align Fiscal Relief with Nature Protection

Putting Nature at the Heart of Our Economy – Marc Palahí Explores the Vital Role of Nature-based Investing

UNEP PSI Launches Nature Risk Assessment Guide for Insurers at London Climate Action Week

ECB Adds Nature Loss Indicator to Climate Disclosures as Portfolio Emissions Decline

UK Proposes Major Expansion of Bottom Trawling Ban to Safeguard Marine Protected Areas

Scaling Investment for Africa’s Sustainable ‘Blue Economy’ – Marisa Drew

ERS Acquires Equitable Earth to Scale Indigenous-Led Forest Carbon Standard

UNEP FI Backs Living Amazon Mechanism to Channel Private Capital into Biodiversity, Bioeconomy Solutions

SWEN Capital Partners Launches €300 Million Fund for Ocean Biodiversity, World’s Largest Impact Venture Fund of Its Kind

Fugro to Lead Development of Safety Standards for Ocean-Based Carbon Removal

SDG News Spotlight: Robert Mærsk Uggla and the Race to Reinvent Global Trade

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China Cuts Growth Target to Lowest Level in Decades as Iran War and U.S. Tariffs Darken Global Outlook

Mexico’s President Says U.N. ‘Has Stopped Fulfilling Its Role’ as Iran Conflict Tests Global Diplomacy

Sovereign Capital Moves Into Contracted Renewable Power in North America

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