Catalysing finance and insurance for nature-based solutions
This report presents a variety of cases in which the private financial sector is supporting nature-based solutions in emerging markets and developing countries. These include investment projects, funds, and insurance vehicles across a variety of ecosystems, including mangroves, coral reefs, and agricultural systems. Building on in-depth interviews with the case owners, the case studies provide a deep understanding of the underlying business models and financial structures and highlight key social and environmental impacts
The case studies collected in this report illustrate how the financial sector is already supporting the scaling of NbS and where it sees business cases. This includes solutions such as leveraging public finance, pooling projects, diversifying business models, and involving local communities to maximise project impact and longevity. At the same time, the financing structures seen across cases, which combine debt and equity instruments with blended finance instruments, are not particularly complex.
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