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Financing the Earth’s assets – the case for mangroves: CPIC News Pulse December 2020
This year was supposed to see governments, businesses and civil society come together to accelerate ambition on addressing the global biodiversity crisis. Then COVID-19 intervened, postponing many big meetings to 2021. But regardless of the pandemic, 2020 has still...
How blueprints can help drive private finance in conservation
By CPIC Platform Coordinator (Christina Mallin, South Pole) Nature-based solutions are here and private money is moving – which is good news for everyone: latest research shows that the global economy is better off with more nature protected. However, investment in...
IUCN and partners launch novel fund to drive investment to nature-based solutions
IUCN today announces the launch of Nature+ Accelerator Fund, a first-of-its-kind private sector-focused nature conservation accelerator fund providing measurable conservation and social benefits while delivering financial returns for investors. Join the webinar today...
Roundup of CPIC’s first virtual semi-annual members meeting, 2020
While we missed the chance to meet and mingle with each other in person this year, it was great to connect with all members at our first virtual members meeting. In case you have any suggestions on how we could improve these meetings, please give us feedback in this...
Collecting insights on the state of conservation finance – fill in the new CPIC survey!
With so much happening in conservation finance and information about it mushrooming in all corners of the mediasphere, CPIC plans to create a dedicated, annual report that will provide consistent updates on the state of the conservation finance market.
A new report from EcoAgriculture Partners reviews models of integrated landscape finance
This blog was first published by EcoAgriculture. Seth Shames and Manon Koningstein - EcoAgriculture Partners Each day we read about a new social, economic, ecological or health crisis somewhere on earth. We’re learning more and more about how these crises relate to...
Mobilizing finance across sectors and projects to achieve sustainable landscapes: Emerging models
This news was first published by EcoAgriculture Integrated landscape finance refers to systems of finance coordination and blending that support multi-project, multi-sector sets of inter-related investments, endorsed by a broad range of stakeholders in a landscape....
Impact Fund of the Year: The Nature Conservancy’s sustainable forestry fund
This piece was originally published by Environmental Finance. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) says its $130 million sustainable forestry fund can be a model for large-scale impact investment in forests. The Cumberland Forest Project closed-end private investment fund...
Planetary health and human health are connected: CPIC News Pulse June 2020
Healthy and resilient societies depend on giving nature the space to thrive. And the recent pandemic has made protecting and restoring nature all the more urgent. This is the headline message of Europe's new biodiversity strategy, a key part of Europe’s ‘Green Deal’,...
The state of the world’s forests: pandemic piles pressure on world’s shrinking woodland
As the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity comes to a close, and countries prepare to adopt a post-2020 global biodiversity framework, the latest edition of FAO’s State of the World’s Forests examines the contributions of forests – and of the people who use and...
How to scale private investment for the Sustainable Development Goals?
Private investors are a diverse group of institutions – each operating with different mandates, investment criteria, risk-adjusted return targets and regulations. Yet, they are often treated by the development community as one homogeneous group. To mobilize private...
Commission calls for €20bn/year for biodiversity protection in EU
This article was originally published by Environmental Finance. At least €20 billion ($22 billion) a year is required to protect biodiversity in the European Union (EU) over the next decade, according to the European Commission. It says this will require contributions...
Why we must invest in nature today: CPIC News Pulse April 2020
The COVID19 outbreak has highlighted the fragility of our modern world and the importance of building our physical and economic resilience – of coming together as a global community to fight immediate threats to keep everyone safe and healthy. At the same time, we...
Call for proposals: Blue Carbon project development by 30th April
The Blue Natural Capital Financing Facility (BNCFF) has opened a call for promising blue carbon projects located in developing countries that focus on habitat conservation and/or restoration value across ecosystem services. BNCFF’s goal is to help kickstart blue...
New research from Conservation International identifies carbon-rich lands that could help avoid a climate catastrophe
[image credit: Conservation International] Research from Conservation International (CI), published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, finds that some land areas, if destroyed or degraded, would release so much carbon that they must be protected if we are...
Five projects win funding for innovative natural climate solutions
The Nature Conservancy's (TNC) US Natural Climate Solutions Accelerator program has just announced the second round of awardees: five innovative projects designed to develop and test approaches for reducing emissions and storing more carbon on natural and working...
A crucial year to drive the biodiversity agenda: CPIC News Pulse February 2020
[Image credit: GEF] 2020 – a crucial year in determining our response to the range of environmental crises we face, and to secure stronger global commitment for safeguarding wildlife and biodiversity. By investing in nature, we can generate financial flows that become...
Conservation finance: investing for the planet and for profit
This interview with Dr. Andrew Deutz, Co-Founder and Director Global Policy Institutions & Conservation Finance at The Nature Conservancy – a founding organisation of CPIC – was originally published by IUCN. Through conservation finance, investment in nature...
How conservation investment could be a lifeline for endangered species
Growing public awareness of the need to protect wildlife and communities shows huge potential to attract institutional investors. Conservation finance professionals, however, reckon that their sector is a decade behind the renewable energy market. Fabian Huwyler, a CPIC founder, speaks with Financial Times to let them in on the latest trends that are driving private investments in conservation – and what still needs to be done to scale this
CPIC News Pulse December 2019: How to reverse global decline of nature?
[image credit: South Pole] How can we reverse the unprecedented global decline of nature, save one million species from extinction, and ensure a safe and healthy future for all? We must start living as part of – not apart from – nature; this is the transformative...
South Pole joins CPIC as platform coordinator
South Pole, a globally recognised expert in climate solutions and a recent winner of the GEF Challenge Program, is excited to join the Coalition for the Private Investment in Conservation (CPIC) as the new platform coordinator.
CPIC To Host an Event in New York, on September 24, 2019: Bringing innovation to private investment in nature conservation
While Conservation finance is a hot topic, financial flows to preserve oceans, forests and freshwater ecosystems have to increase rapidly to protect biodiversity and limit global warming. Substantial private investment in natural capital is needed today! The event...
CPIC MEETS FOR SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING IN AMSTERDAM – 2019
CPIC semi-annual meeting on June 19 was hosted by Waternet at their offices in Amsterdam, and welcomed about 70 members, guests, and friends of the coalition, now composed of 72 member organizations. The following topics were discussed: CPIC Conservation Finance...
Call for Expressions of Interest for Investment Manager of CPIC Conservation Finance Initiative – open until July 8, 2019
IUCN is seeking expressions of interest from prospective investment managers to implement the CPIC Conservation Finance Initiative - a GEF-financed project aimed at increasing the flow of investments with global biodiversity conservation benefits. The call for...
CPIC Platform Coordinator RFP open until May 31, 2019
CPIC Platform Coordinator RFP open until May 31, 2019 On behalf of CPIC, IUCN in collaboration with TNC has launched a request for proposals (RFP) for the recruitment of the CPIC Platform Coordinator in order to (i) upscale the CPIC secretariat services, and (ii)...
CPIC MEETS FOR SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING IN NEW YORK – 2019
CPIC semi-annual meeting on January 10 was hosted by White & Case LLP at their New York office, and welcomed about 100 members and friends of the coalition, which is now composed of 64 member organizations. The meeting followed annual Conservation Finance...
Press Release: CPIC releases new blueprints to boost investment in nature conservation
New York, 10 January 2019 New blueprints to boost investment in nature conservation A major coalition of finance and conservation organizations today launched a series of blueprints aimed at replicating and expanding successful investment in nature. The blueprints...
Natural Capital Week 2018
In November 2018 (26 – 30), leading organizations in the natural capital space will convene in Paris for Natural Capital Week 2018, a week of events, discussions and networking. See below for details of events, partners, and registration. More information and detailed...
CPIC MEETS FOR SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING IN BRUSSELS – 2018
CPIC Semi-Annual Meeting, Workshop and Panels Report Out The Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation would like to thank the European Investment Bank for graciously hosting this summer’s CPIC semi-annual meeting and related events on June 5 and 6 in Brussels....
EDF AND CREDIT SUISSE PARTNER ON SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL
CPIC members Credit Suisse and EDF recently teamed up to create a new tool to put the risk of investments into sustainable fisheries into perspective. The tool, which is an Excel-based decision guide typical of risk assessment tools for established asset classes,...
TNC NatureVest Launches Conservation Investment Accelerator Grant Award Program
CPIC co-founder The Nature Conservancy today officially launched the second round of the Conservation Investment Accelerator grant award program, conducted through its NatureVest conservation impact investing unit. The Accelerator supports innovative conservation...
CPIC MEETS FOR SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING IN NEW YORK – 2018
The CPIC semi-annual meeting on January 11 was hosted by Cornell University at their Roosevelt Island Campus, and welcomed over 70 people, including a wide selection of bank representatives, financial intermediaries and advisors. There was also a strong new...
Conservation Investment Blueprints: A Development Guide Has Been Published
CPIC in collaboration with PwC has developed the conservation investment blueprint development guide. The primary purpose is to provide a reference for CPIC Working Groups as they develop blueprints within their five thematic areas, using a consistent and effective...
CPIC meets for semi-annual meeting in New York – 2017
On June 7, we held a one-day meeting with 50 participants hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation at their offices in New York. The gathering focused on taking stock on recent developments and mapping out the trajectory for the next six months.
Convergence launches new online platform on blended finance
CPIC endorser Convergence today officially launched its Investment Network, an online matchmaking platform that connects credible private, public, and philanthropic investors with one another to invest in blended finance deals in emerging and frontier markets.
New Products Attract Investors to Conservation Finance Marketplace
We’re still waiting for the sharp inflection point in conservation financing. That’s when the scale of deals could go from less than $2 billion a year now to the $300 billion to $400 billion experts say is needed to conserve the earth’s large landscapes, ecosystem services and precious…
Coalition Launched to Scale up Conservation Finance
The Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation (CPIC) is a group of civil society organizations, private and public sector financial institutions and academia working to deliver a material increase in private, return-seeking investment in conservation. The CPIC...
New coalition launches to scale private conservation investment at IUCN World Conservation Congress
In an effort to address an estimated US $200-300 billion annual funding gap in conservation, civil society organisations, private and public sector financial institutions and academia joined forces today to launch the Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation...