The OECD Biodiversity Land Use and Ecosystems (BLUE) programme, and the UNDP Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) convened a joint virtual Global Conference on Biodiversity Finance as a milestone in the lead up to CBD COP15. This conference was originally planned to take place in Paris. However, due to COVID-19, the physical meeting is postponed to a later date. The objectives of this virtual series were:
First, to examine trends and lessons learned in scaling up biodiversity finance and policy incentives.
Second, to foster exchange, among governments and biodiversity finance experts, of experiences, best practices and opportunities for mobilising, tracking and aligning biodiversity finance.
Third, to reflect on recommendations on biodiversity finance for the CBD post-2020 global biodiversity framework.