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Kumar Bhattacharyya
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Securing Sustainable Financing for Conservation Areas: A Guide to Project Finance for Permanence

Securing Sustainable Financing for Conservation Areas: A Guide to Project Finance for Permanence

In the face of the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change, governments and their partners in civil society have increased their efforts to protect and conserve nature in line with the anticipated global goal to protect 30% of the planet by 2030. Reaching this goal will require more—and more effectively managed—protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, but current funding is not enough to cover existing needs or to increase the areas under protection.

This webinar will provide an overview of the main characteristics of PFPs and present the new guide, followed by discussion with a diverse panel of stakeholders from PFPs currently being implemented.

Toolbox for Funding Climate Adaptation

Toolbox for Funding Climate Adaptation

A new online toolbox created by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations shows how climate adaptation can be funded. NextGreen contributed to the information sheets about finance options and constructions and combining policy goals.

The aim of the toolbox is to bring together all the information available on funding climate adaptation and to make this information easier to access.

The Ocean Resilience Innovation Challenge - ORRAA

The Ocean Resilience Innovation Challenge - ORRAA

Led by the ORRAA and launched in partnership with the Swiss Re Foundation and the United Kingdom’s Blue Planet Fund (BPF), the Ocean Resilience Innovation Challenge is calling for locally-led solutions designed to drive investment in marine and coastal nature, and reduce ocean risk for the people who depend on it.

The deadline for submissions is 23:59 GMT on 17 December 2021.

IDB Leads Multilateral Development Banks to Boost Nature-Based Investments

IDB Leads Multilateral Development Banks to Boost Nature-Based Investments

Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) led by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) pledged to mainstream nature across their policies and to significantly boost nature finance for member countries. The banks' joint statement "Nature, People, and Planet" commits support for countries to define and enact sustainable strategies.

The #BackBlue Ocean Finance Commitment

The #BackBlue Ocean Finance Commitment

Just days ahead of the start of COP26, ORRAA launched the #BackBlue Ocean Finance Commitment. The United Nations-backed Commitment – which is the first of its kind to focus on the Ocean – is designed to incorporate the Ocean in finance and insurance decisions, especially with its importance in the fight against climate change.

Leading financial institutions including AXA, Willis Towers Watson and Palladium are the first to sign up with more expected to add their signatures over the coming weeks.
The initiative is also being backed by the UN Race to Resilience, the World Economic Forum, Friends of Ocean Action, the IUCN and UNEPFI.

Become a Kinship Fellow!

Become a Kinship Fellow!

Only the best and the brightest practitioners in the field are chosen to become Fellows. Those who are selected receive a month of valuable training and a $6,000 stipend. The curriculum is delivered by a faculty of global experts who work closely with each carefully selected cohort of Fellows to explore new ways to apply market-based approaches to environmental issues.

Job Opportunity - Lead Specialist, Sustainable Feed Innovation. WWF-US

Job Opportunity - Lead Specialist, Sustainable Feed Innovation. WWF-US

The Lead Specialist is expected to provide thought leadership on approaches to engage industry, build successful platforms to foster pre-competitive commitments to reduce the key impacts of feed and feed ingredient production. Additionally, the incumbent will be required to manage and analyze scientific literature, large data sets, spot trends and forecast trajectories of the animal feed and animal nutrition sector. The incumbent will foster a shared understanding of the fundamental challenges and impacts of feed production and work across the various corporate and commodity experts within the WWF network to build consensus.

Job Opportunity - Program Manager, Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Facility, Caribbean Biodiversity Fund

Job Opportunity - Program Manager, Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Facility, Caribbean Biodiversity Fund

The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) seeks qualified individuals for the role of Program Manager for the Ecosystem-based Adaptation Facility.

The Program Manager will lead the CBF Climate Change Program and particularly the EbA Facility team on relevant input in the CBF institutional systems. The EbA Facility Program Manager also serves as Secretary to the EbA Committee and is responsible for oversight of the staff and activities of the EbA Facility as well as to contribute to the EbA strategy and other policy and organizational documents relevant for the EbA Facility and Climate Change.

Application due date:
December 22, 2021