Date: 11 March 2026
Title: 09:00 COT // 15:00 CET // 17:00 EAT
Location: Online, MS Teams
Organizers: UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Canopy & The Economics of Land Degradation (ELD)
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Description:
The newly launched State of Finance for Nature 2026 sends a clear market signal: for every dollar invested in protecting or restoring nature, more than thirty dollars continue to finance activities that degrade it. In 2023 alone, US$7.3 trillion flowed into nature-negative sectors, while investment in nature-based solutions (NbS) reached just US$220 billion, underscoring a profound misalignment between global financial flows and climate, biodiversity and land restoration goals.
This webinar will unpack the headline findings, data and policy implications of SFN 2026, including the introduction of the Nature Transition X-Curve, a practical framework that sets out how governments, businesses and financial institutions can simultaneously phase out harmful investments and scale up high-integrity, nature-positive finance across the economy.
Bringing together policymakers, financial institutions, private sector, academia and development partners, this webinar will clarify why redirecting financial flows is one of the most powerful levers available to halt nature loss, translate SFN 2026 evidence into actionable insights for policy and investment decisions, demonstrate how the Nature Transition X-Curve can guide real-world transition planning, and highlight how scaling NbS can unlock a resilient, trillion-dollar nature transition economy by 2030. It will also focus specifically on mainstreaming the findings of SFN in Colombia and Brazil, translating global evidence into country-level policy, financial sector engagement, and investment strategies aligned with national biodiversity and climate priorities.
