Global biodiversity is in decline and transformative change is required to address biodiversity loss. Yet the predominant approaches that are prevailing in policy and industry focus on the so-called biodiversity funding gap, and aim to deliver biodiversity conservation primarily through attracting more private investment- often associated with creating new revenue streams for funding nature conservation and restoration, such as the expansion of biodiversity or carbon credit markets.
Today’s guest Justin Adams is Reimagining Nature Finance Fellow at the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance and cofounder of Ostara and has formerly held very senior positions in some of the biggest players in nature finance, such as environmental NGOs like the Nature Conservancy and sustainability-focused asset managers such as Just Climate, aiming to attract more investment into nature conservation and restoration.
But after decades of doing this, Justin ended up coming to the conclusion that these approaches just weren’t a systemic solution to the problem. So: what’s next? How can we reimagine nature finance?
Hosted by Sophus zu Ermgassen. Edited by Aidan Knox. Cover photo Drazen Nesic.