金融创新能否拯救地球的生物多样性？

The World Governments Summit is a global platform dedicated toshaping the future of governments worldwide. Each year, the Summitsets the agenda for the next generation of governments with a focuson how they can harness innovation and technology to solve universalchallenges facing humanity.The World Governments Summit is a knowledge exchange center atthe intersection of government, futurism, technology, and innovation.It functions as a thought leadership platform and networking hub forpolicymakers, experts and pioneers in human development.The Summit is a gateway to the future as it functions as the stage foranalysis of future trends, concerns, and opportunities facing humanity.It is also an arena to showcase innovations, best practice, and smartsolutions to inspire creativity to tackle these future challenges.To Inspire And EnableThe Next GenerationOf GovernmentsWorld Governments Summit Table of ContentsExecutive SummaryRecommendationsSection 1:Current State Of Global Biodiversity: A Crisis In The MakingSection 2:Repricing Nature: The Economic Case For BiodiversitySection 3:The Role Of Financial Institutions In A Nature-Positive EconomySection 4:Innovative Financial Mechanisms: A Path To Biodiversity RestorationSection 5:The Role of Government Policy In Scaling Innovative Financial MechanismsSection 6:The Future Of Financial Innovation For BiodiversityTopics 0507091317232935 4Table of Contents The importance of biodiversity to the global economy and the fight againstclimate change is becoming increasingly evident, with more than half of globalGDP – 55%, or around $58 trillion – moderately or highly dependent on nature.This dependence has led to the overexploitation of the natural world and theecosystem services it provides, increasing the threat of ecosystem collapse anda catastrophic loss of biodiversity, with a quarter of all species under threat.Climate change is accelerating the biodiversity crisis, and thesituation will worsen without immediate action. Biodiversity lossand ecosystem degradation are not just catastrophic; they also posesignificant risks to many industries and, by extension, the investorsthat finance them. Yet, finance continues to flow into nature-negative activities, and there is estimated to be a global biodiversityfinancing gap of $700 billion a year between now and 2030.However, the tools we need to finance nature-positive activities are startingto emerge after the signing of the Kunming-Montreal Global BiodiversityFramework (GBF) in 2022. It called for the restoration of 30% of degradedecosystems globally, the conservation of at least 30% of the planet’s landand marine areas, and the phasing out of $500 billion annually of harmfulsubsidies and commitments to mobilize $200 billion annually by 2030.Financial institutions are critical in driving the transition to a nature-positive future. It is in their interests to do so because the risks of failingto make the transition are huge. Conventional funding approachesare insufficient to deal with the crisis, so innovative market-basedsolutions that align economic incentives with environmental outcomesare needed. These include debt-for-nature swaps, biodiversity bonds,public-private partnerships, and biodiversity credits and offsets.Executive Summary World Government Summit However, for nature-based finance to reachits full potential, it also needs the support ofgovernments, which can create the enablingframeworks that will allow innovative solutions toflourish. Governments must also work together totackle a global problem that demands long-termcommitments and solutions.There is much work to be done to bring nature-based finance into the mainstream – and there isno time to waste. RecommendationsFinancial sector7• Integrate biodiversity into financialsystems, investment models, and policy-making frameworks to ensure that it is valuedcorrectly.• Disclose-against-nature frameworks suchas the Taskforce on Nature-related FinancialDisclosures (TNFD) to assess and managenature-related risks and dependencies andencourage the companies in your portfolio todo the same.• Engage with companies to encourage themto create strategies to address nature-relatedrisks.• Invest in developing the expertise needed toeffectively address nature-related challenges.• Create innovative financial solutions toincrease the financing of nature-positiveinvestments, including natural capital marketsand biodiversity-linked financial instrumentssuch as biodiversity credits and debt-for-nature swaps. Governments• Create the laws and regulatory infrastructureto enable the development of natural capitalmarkets.• Develop incentives for the private sectorto invest in biodiversity and nature-positiveproducts.• Work across borders to tackle naturechallenges and secure financial commitmentsfor nature conservation.• Develop consistent and reliable metricsto assess biodiversity impacts and guideinvestments. Current StateOf GlobalBiodiversity:A Crisis InThe MakingSection 1 As