In this first study of the potential of biomimicry as an innovation strategy in developing countries, the author investigates how nations can leverage their biodiversity as a knowledge bank of solutions to both current and future challenges. Read more
Nick Robins and Ma Jun examine how the financial sector should respond to the global biodiversity crisis, which, with climate change, is threatening the global economy. Read more
This report is intended as a stocktake of the current context for central bank and financial supervisory action on biodiversity loss. It sets out the state of understanding on the linkages between biodiversity-related risks and financial stability, provides examples of emerging central bank and private finance activity, and identifies key themes, challenges and open questions. Read more
Biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates - and the economic and financial risks associated with this loss are growing. But there are steps that central banks and financial supervisors could take, finds a new report published today by a group of sustainable finance experts. Read more
This report from Planet Tracker and the Grantham Research Institute sets out four steps Brazil could take to change direction, including issuing an innovative Deforestation-Linked Sovereign Bond tying interest payments to its success in reducing deforestation. Read more
Following the recent establishment of a Joint NGFS-INSPIRE Study Group on Biodiversity and Financial Stability by the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) and INSPIRE, this vision paper sets out the rationale for the Study Group’s work, its initial agenda and its research focus. Read more
This paper was submitted for the 2021 International Association for Impact Assessment Conference. Notwithstanding the Covid-19 pandemic, enthusiasm for globalisation... Read more
In this post for the Sustainable Finance Leadership series, Ma Jun and Nick Robins describe the need for a systematic approach by central banks and financial supervisors to biodiversity and outline the role for a new study group launched by the NGFS and INSPIRE. Read more
Today, the NGFS and the International Network for Sustainable Financial Policy Insights, Research, and Exchange (INSPIRE) – one of the... Read more
Commenting on the publication today by the UK Government of ‘Global Britain in a Competitive Age: the Integrated Review of Security,... Read more
