nature finance
Nature-based solutions to multiple crises: Scaling urban implementation in cities in Asia and the Pacific
This policy brief explores how nature-based solutions (NbS) can address interconnected environmental and urban challenges in Asia and the Pacific. It recommends stronger NbS integration in policy, localized implementation, blended finance, and the use of scientific and indigenous knowledge to enhance urban resilience and biodiversity.
Compromises, challenges and more unfinished business at COP16’s reconvened biodiversity talks
The United Nations biodiversity conference (COP16) recently reconvened in Rome to resume global negotiations on filling the biodiversity funding gap and conserving nature worldwide. This piece outlines key decisions, compromises and challenges that emerged from the talks, and discuss the way forward for biodiversity action.