Nature Finance

Michael Svarer, Chair of the Expert Committee, highlights how Denmark’s Green Tripartite Agreement is transforming sustainable agriculture. With a carbon tax on emissions and subsidies for greener practices, the plan addresses the 50% of CO₂ emissions expected from agriculture by 2030. Key initiatives include 250,000 hectares of new forests and farmland conversion to enhance biodiversity and water quality.

In this week’s Nature Finance article, Eva Zabey, CEO of Business for Nature, calls for urgent reforms to harmful subsidies, which fuel biodiversity loss, pollution, and climate change. With $2.6 trillion spent annually, redirecting these funds toward sustainable practices is critical. Collaboration between governments and businesses is key to aligning public spending with global biodiversity and climate goals.

Part of the Planetary Responsibility Foundation's series on Nature Finance, this article highlights the urgent need for USD 200 billion annually to meet global biodiversity goals, with only USD 15.4 billion allocated in 2022 (OECD). Amid a global climate crisis, MEP Sigrid Friis is driving the EU’s green transition, focusing on agricultural reform, energy independence, and climate leadership.

In this week’s Nature Finance article, we feature Celia Francis, co-founder of Ponterra, who is redefining sustainability. Ponterra partners with smallholder farmers to restore ecosystems while ensuring local communities thrive. Ponterra’s flagship project in Panama will plant 6M trees, enhance biodiversity, and provide farmers with sustainable incomes.

As environmental challenges demand urgent action, Impact Investing is rapidly gaining momentum. But what exactly does it mean, and why is it essential for sustainable development? PRF spoke with Birgitte Frost Mathiesen, CEO of Invest for Impact Denmark, who is at the forefront of channeling capital into impact investments for nature and biodiversity.

This article kicks off a series by the Planetary Responsibility Foundation (PRF) on Nature Finance - new approaches to investing in the natural world. According to Jens Böhme, CEO of PRF, Nature Finance is about using financial tools not only to protect and restore ecosystems but to be able to scale these efforts.

Dive into this week's article, featuring Martin Harper, CEO of BirdLife International, as he shares profound insights into how BirdLife tackles biodiversity loss and climate change through global collaborations. Explore inspiring case studies illustrating the imperative of valuing nature for a sustainable future.

This week, the CEO of The African Wildlife Foundation, Kaddu Kiwe Sebunya, shares how AWF leads African conservation with a clear focus: thriving people and wildlife. AWF integrates science, solutions, and policy across 10 countries and 17 landscapes, driving sustainable development.

This week, Bo Øksnebjerg from WWF shares profound insights on their goals, business collaborations, and visionary initiatives for a sustainable future. WWF is committed to ambitious targets: reserving 30% of land and water for nature, halving humanity's footprint, and restoring ecosystems.

In this week's article in “What on Earth”, Maria Reumert Gjerding, President of the Danish Society for Nature Conservation, shares her insights on how biodiversity deserves as much attention as climate considerations.

In this first article in our new series, What on Earth, we have had the privilege of interviewing Marco Lambertini, Convener at Nature Positive Initiative. Through nine questions, Lambertini provides us with invaluable insights into the transformative power of our collective efforts.

This week Frans Schepers, the co-founder and Executive Director of Rewilding Europe, shares invaluable insights into rewilding principles and the organization's impactful efforts in promoting nature recovery across Europe. Discover who Rewilding Europe collaborates with and gain a deeper understanding of the opportunities and obstacles encountered in their nature restoration work.