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- 1Crédit Agricole Launches Natural Capital Finance Division●Crédit Agricole Launches New Natural Capital Finance and Investment Division
Crédit Agricole has announced the creation of a new division dedicated to natural capital finance and investment. The move signals the French bank's push into financing tied to biodiversity and nature-related assets, an emerging area as investors and regulators increasingly focus on environmental impact beyond carbon. Details on the unit's size, mandate and leadership were not immediately provided in initial reports.
- 2Paraguayan enterprise tests self-funding conservation in Atlantic Forest▼Can conservation finance itself? A Paraguayan enterprise is exploring new possibilities in the Atlantic Forest
A Paraguayan enterprise is experimenting with new financing models to make conservation in the Atlantic Forest pay for itself. The initiative, highlighted by BirdLife International, explores ways to generate revenue that sustains protection of one of South America's most threatened forest ecosystems, reducing reliance on donations and grants.
- 3OECD puts global biodiversity finance at up to USD 92 billion a year▼Biodiversity finance reached USD 74.9-92.4 billion annually between 2023 and 2025, new OECD analysis shows
New OECD analysis estimates biodiversity finance reached between USD 74.9 billion and USD 92.4 billion annually between 2023 and 2025. The figures provide a benchmark for how much public and private funding is flowing to nature-related projects worldwide, and are likely to feed into debates on closing the global biodiversity funding gap and meeting commitments under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
- 4UN ESCAP Pushes Sustainable Finance to Tackle Nature Risks in Asia-Pacific▼Building a Sustainable Finance Ecosystem to Address Nature Risks and Harness Opportunities in Asia-Pacific and Beyond
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is highlighting the need to build a sustainable finance ecosystem across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. The initiative focuses on addressing nature-related financial risks, such as biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, while also unlocking investment opportunities in green and nature-positive sectors to support long-term economic resilience in the region.
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The United Nations Development Programme has presented a Biodiversity Finance Plan for Armenia under its BIOFIN initiative. The plan is designed to help the country assess, mobilise and manage funding for protecting its biodiversity. It forms part of a broader global effort to close the financing gap for nature conservation, though detailed figures and priority measures have not yet been outlined.
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Armenia has drawn up a national biodiversity finance plan, a policy framework intended to identify and mobilise funding for the protection of the country's ecosystems and species. The plan was announced by the United Nations Development Programme, which supports countries in financing biodiversity conservation. It signals Armenia's effort to close funding gaps in environmental protection and meet international biodiversity commitments.
- 7Cali Fund launches to finance biodiversity through genetic data sharing▼The Cali Fund aims to mobilise biodiversity finance with fair benefit-sharing of nature's genetic data
The Cali Fund has been set up to mobilise biodiversity finance by ensuring fair benefit-sharing from the use of nature's genetic data. Industries that draw on digital sequence information from plants, animals and other organisms would contribute funds that flow back to conservation and to communities stewarding biodiversity. Supporters frame it as a test of whether commercial users of genetic resources will pay their share for nature.
- 8Funding gap threatens Montreal biodiversity agreement goals●# canada But that funding is now the main roadblock in reaching the goals of the Montreal agreement. A new assessment re
A new assessment report released in New York this week projects that, based on current commitments, only 27 per cent of lands and 12 per cent of oceans will be protected under the Montreal agreement's targets. Funding shortfalls are identified as the main obstacle to reaching the biodiversity goals, with countries facing pressure to close the financing gap.