presenting a new generation of material risks and investment opportunities, reinforced by policy and regulatory action.
with growing emphasis on nature-based approaches to mitigation and adaptation, and increasingly self-evident climate impacts on nature.
driven by climate concerns, food security and health, technology, growing global policy engagement, and competitive interests.
from ‘nature as infrastructure’ to climate-resilient food systems, the bioeconomy, and emerging financialised nature assets.
including many nature-sensitised financial instruments, underpinned by an increasing robust nature finance ‘operating system’.
harnessing its ecosystem of finance, technology, education, business, and international cooperation.
internationally and nationally in strengthening its global profile, position as finance centre, and its economic competitiveness.
given its engaged financial community, business and technology composition, and international cooperation profile.
as there is currently no financial centre that has yet claimed this crown, but several are mobilising around the opportunity.
‘Nature as infrastructure’ as an investable asset class
Family office endowment nature investment
Bioeconomy investment opportunities landscaping (domestic and international)
Professional development of nature finance practitioners
Be guided by a high-level group of engaged champions, each of whom would over time advocate for, participate in, and ensure the success of, specific cluster workstreams.
Be a growing dynamic community, connected by a shared goal and catalysed by high potential actionable synergies of interest to specific clusters of actors.
Draw on, but be distinct from existing initiatives, optimising efficiency and effectiveness, whilst maintaining a light-touch, high-impact, entrepreneurial approach
Be curated and catalysed by a small, high-energy, entrepreneurial team, hosted institutionally and supported technically and otherwise by NatureFinance.
Be seed funded for an initial ramp-up year, to support a catalytic approach with the workstreams being self-resourced by cluster participants.
with initial cluster workstreams, a catalytic team, an institutional host, and seed funding.
