{"id":168606,"date":"2026-05-26T03:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=168606"},"modified":"2026-05-25T09:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:51:49","slug":"cop17-del-cdb-abordar-la-brecha-de-financiacion-de-la-biodiversidad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/cop17-del-cdb-abordar-la-brecha-de-financiacion-de-la-biodiversidad\/","title":{"rendered":"COP17 of the CBD: Addressing the biodiversity funding gap"},"content":{"rendered":"

With just five months to go until the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 17), the European Commission convened a crucial meeting in Brussels today (21 May) to address the most critical obstacle facing global conservation: closing the annual biodiversity funding gap of \u20ac37 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The event, entitled<\/span>\u201cPrivate Financing for Biodiversity: From Policy to Portfolio: Unlocking Capital for Nature through Innovative<\/span><\/em>Mechanisms\u201d, focused on the stark reality that public funding is under severe pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Halting and reversing the decline of ecosystems will require collaboration from everyone, and it will be essential to rapidly scale up innovative financial mechanisms to drive private investment alongside national and international public funds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Innovative financing mechanisms<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Around 140 policymakers, financial institutions and private sector leaders gathered at the event to discuss this issue, focusing primarily on how to scale up private investment in biodiversity. Participants shared practical strategies for innovative financing and discussed how to turn ecosystem dependencies into reliable and useful indicators for decision-making in portfolio management.<\/span><\/p>\n

Particular attention was paid to nature credits and the ongoing implementation of the<\/span>Roadmap to Nature Credits<\/span>. By bringing all these stakeholders together, the event strengthened the collaboration needed to drive biodiversity financing and achieve the objectives of<\/span>the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The IPBES<\/span>Business and Biodiversity Assessment <\/span><\/span>released in February also took centre stage, highlighting that business and financial leaders possess immense power to restore nature. However, it issues a clear call to action, demanding that governments establish the robust legal frameworks necessary to mobilise this capital safely and effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

As preparations for CBD COP17 intensify, the EU continues to play a crucial role in supporting the implementation of the GBF and in promoting innovative financing mechanisms, such as<\/span>nature credits<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fund<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The CBD, which is one of the three so-called Rio Conventions, entered into force on 29 December 1993. It has three main objectives:<\/span><\/p>\n