Making Nature positive finance happen

Event Description

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Nature is priceless – yet it’s still underfunded. Join us to explore how public, private, and philanthropic actors can collaborate to close the biodiversity finance gap. We round off the evening with a screening of Wilding, a hopeful story of rewilding and regeneration.
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What’s in it for you?

Whereas the topic of ‘climate finance’ is relatively mature, the same cannot be said of ‘biodiversity finance’: even though there is quite a large array of existing financial instruments, a wide gap between supply and demand of biodiversity investment remains.

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You’ll leave this event with fresh insights on: 

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• the different financial instruments (impact investment, green bonds, payments for ecosystem services, biodiversity credits…) that exist to finance biodiversity and how a mix of philanthropic, public and private capital could help leverage scarce public resources.
• ongoing policy initiatives (at international, European and Belgian level) translating target 19 of the Global Biodiversity Framework into concrete initiatives
• how private investors and financial institutions integrate biodiversity into investment decision-making

Evening Agenda: 

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• 6:30 PM – Doors open
• 7:00 PM – Panel discussion: Making Nature positive Finance happen ; we have invited policy makers, private investors, financial institutions and non-profit to exchange and reflect on the role of each actor, what they would expect of one another and how dialogue and collaboration could close the biodiversity finance gap.
• 8:30 PM – Film screening: Wilding (75') : Discover the story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their four-hundred-year-old but failing Knepp estate and turns it into a profitable site of wildlife abundance. 
• 9:45 PM – A drink together
• 10:30 PM – End

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Speakers

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Ines Verleye (Belgian federal government, technical lead of Belgian delegation at CBD COP’s)

Kjell Clarysse (Founder Forestbase 2020-2024 & Director Scale it Agro (KBC)

Aaron Vermeulen (Global Lead Finance Practice WWF) 

Simon Scholl (Commercial strategist Nature based solutions Triodos Bank) 

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Partners

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Event is jointly organized by

• The Shift
• Newframes Film Festival 
• Triodos Bank Belgium
• WWF Belgium

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About Films & Politics

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Films & Politics is a series by newframes designed to bring social issues to life through cinema, focusing on the challenges of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Each monthly event features a film screening followed by a discussion with one or more expert panellists, fostering democratic participation and meaningful dialogue between civil society, industry, and policymakers. 

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