Nordic Climate Finance Summit

Session Overview

Biodiversity is gaining financial value, and Brazil is leading the charge. As the world confronts accelerating ecological risk, a new movement is emerging to assetize nature. This pre-COP30 session explores how Brazil is structuring, funding, and valuing ecological assets to reshape the financial architecture of conservation before outdated value systems destroy the ecosystems that underpin our global economy. Through real-world examples from investors, corporates, and conservationists, the panel reveals how nature-positive finance is moving from theory to action on the ground in Brazil.

Key Discussion Points

• Structuring Biodiversity as an Asset Class
  What legal, financial, and governance tools are enabling nature to be structured and traded as a legitimate asset?
• Valuation Beyond Carbon
  How is biodiversity being priced and monetized and what sets these models apart from carbon markets?
• De-risking Nature Investment
  What financing mechanisms  from blended capital to performance-based revenue are helping unlock institutional investment?
• Corporate and Investor Roles
  How are companies and capital providers moving beyond ESG to engage with biodiversity as a strategic asset and what new responsibilities are emerging?
• Lessons from Brazil
  Why is Brazil at the forefront of biodiversity finance  and what can global markets learn from its approach?
• The Road to COP30
  With COP30 approaching in Brazil, how can this momentum shape the global agenda for biodiversity and nature finance?

Takeaways

• Concrete examples of biodiversity being transformed into investable, revenue-generating assets
• Emerging financial tools and models for valuing and funding ecological systems beyond carbon
• Strategic insights into Brazil’s pioneering role in shaping biodiversity finance and why this matters ahead of COP30

Note: This session will be recorded as part of a wider documentary project capturing the global momentum to assetize nature as a means to preserve it.

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