Nature positive finance

Nature is indispensable but underfunded. Find out how we are addressing this through smart collaborations and conclude with the inspiring film screening of Wilding.

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Date
22/09/2025
18:30 - 22:30

What to expect?

While the topic of climate finance is already well established, biodiversity finance is still lagging behind. Yet, a wide range of financial instruments already exist in this context.

After this event, you will go home with new insights about:

    What financial instruments exist (such as impact investing and green bonds)

    How a smart mix of philanthropic, public and private capital can strengthen public resources

    ongoing, (inter)national policy initiatives to better and structurally fund biodiversity

    How investors and financial institutions integrate biodiversity into their investment decisions

Coins in soil

The Programme

Members of The Shift participate for free with the code SHIFTxNEWFRAMES

18:30 Doors open
19:00 Panel Discussion: How do we make Nature Positive Finance a reality? With policymakers, investors, financial institutions. and non-profits reflecting on each other's roles and how collaboration can close the gap in biodiversity finance.
20:30 Film screening: Wilding The inspiring story of a young couple who bet on nature to revitalize their languishing estate.
21:45 Cozy chat with a drink
22:30 End

Panelists

Ines Verleye

Technical Head of the Belgian Delegation at CBD COPs, Belgian Federal Government

For whom?

This event is for anyone who wants to discover how financial flows can support biodiversity: from policymakers to those in finance, philanthropy or sustainability.

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