COP16-event

This panel discussion will focus on the systemic shifts needed in economic markets to achieve GBF targets. Unlocking this will involve building leadership understanding of the case to act, raising political ambition, developing innovative solutions and shifting from current business and finance practices.

This official side event is a collaboration between Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) and the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute (UCCRI) as primary partners with support from Cambridge Zero.

Nina Seega, Director of CISL's Centre for Sustainable Finance, will be speaking at this event which will outline the TNFD’s approach to capacity building and present the TNFD’s capacity-building programme for 2025 and beyond.

Part of the ‘Nature Innovation: Catalyzing Entrepreneurial Solutions for Biodiversity and People’ theme day at the Colombia pavilion, CISL is pleased to host this exciting panel event exploring the role innovation can play in meeting the goals of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

CISL will be co-hosting this invite-only, high-level networking event with Suzano, IUCN and WBCSD. Drinks and an array of Colombian dishes will be provided.

There is approximately a $700 billion per year gap between the current and required financing to meet the 2030 targets of the GBF. Finance, both public and private, has a central role to play in closing this gap.

This workshop will be framed around cutting-edge research recently conducted at CISL into business model and financial system transformations needed to achieve nature positive outcomes (part of the A-Track project).