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A Critical Moment for Biodiversity and Finance
New Report: Regulating Finance for Biodiversity – A Call for Urgent Action at COP16
As world leaders prepare to meet in Cali for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP16, the role of finance in driving biodiversity loss cannot be ignored. Financial institutions are fueling deforestation, habitat destruction, and extinction through unchecked financial flows.
Our latest report, Regulating Finance for Biodiversity, underscores the urgent need for policymakers to step up and regulate destructive finance. By examining the financial regulations in key regions for —Indonesia, Brazil, China, the European Union, and the United States—the report reveals that current measures fall short in stopping the flow of funds from banks and investors that are most responsible for financing tropical deforestation.
Without substantial reforms to the financial sector, the critical objectives of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 will not be achieved.
Download the full report and executive summary below to learn what actions must be taken to protect life on Earth:
