7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About Heitor Dellasta

Heitor Dellasta is a youth specialist in the field of Ecological Economics. Economist and Master in Scientific and Technological Policy at UNICAMP, he develops research and policy on social-ecological systems with a focus on biodiversity, food systems and finance. He works in the design, implementation, and evaluation of socio-environmental policies for over five years, with experience in projects involving economic incentives and financial solutions to support and develop products and services that enhance biodiversity conservation and strengthen sustainable livelihoods. He is currently the Conservation and Climate Finance Specialist at Sitawi Finance for Good, a Brazilian non-profit organization, and Policy Co-Coordinator at Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN), the international youth coordination platform of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About Kumi Kitamori

Kumi Kitamori is Deputy Director at the OECD Environment Directorate, supporting work on policies for green growth, resource efficiency, and low-carbon pathways. Previously, she led the Green Growth & Global Relations Division, advancing green initiatives across OECD countries and regions like Eastern Europe and Central Asia. With experience at the World Bank and expertise in areas such as emissions trading, carbon pricing, and green finance, Kumi holds a BA and MSc in development and economics from NYU and LSE.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About this session

As the symposium draws to a close, the final plenary will focus on the need for a clear and actionable roadmap to achieve the goals of the Global Biodiversity Framework. This session will bring together experts to debate the critical priorities and the most effective solutions that should be included in this roadmap. Speakers will highlight the roles of various stakeholders, from financial institutions to policymakers, in driving the implementation of the roadmap. Special attention will be given to ensuring that local communities and Indigenous Peoples are not left behind in the push for biodiversity financing.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

Isabela Echeverry Penon

Isabela holds a Master’s in International Affairs from SIPA-Columbia, specializing in Economic and Political Development. She has dedicated her career to driving economic growth through entrepreneurship and innovation in Colombia, including as Entrepreneurship and Innovation Director at the Cali Chamber of Commerce, where she launched a thriving startup ecosystem and supported over 3,000 entrepreneurs. Since joining IDB Lab in 2022, she manages a $20M portfolio focused on climate, impact-driven startups, innovation finance, and outcome-based financing across Latin America.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About Valentin Dyckerhoff

In this compelling keynote speech, Senior Policy Officer at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Valentin Dyckerhoff delves into the critical intersection of alternative development and sustainable landscape management.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

One landscape at a time

From the Philippines to Brazil, Peru to Bolivia, India to El Salvador the GLF Restoration Stewards and GLFx Chapters are igniting movements of hope and action. These inspiring stories show that true transformation begins within communities, where collective efforts are reshaping landscapes and restoring ecosystems. Join us in exploring how communities are leading the way in restoring our planet, one landscape at a time.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About this session

This plenary dives into the profound ways AI is reshaping nature finance and sustainable finance across Latin America, examining both its exciting potential and its challenges. Experts will share insights into AI-powered solutions and their role in shaping the future of sustainable finance in the region. We explore how AI and fintech are expanding financial access, driving green financing and transforming the measurement of carbon footprints, while also addressing risks like market volatility and governance gaps. This session provides a balanced view of the positive and negative consequences for financial professionals, startups and policymakers alike.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About this session

In this Dragons’ Den session, two biodiversity projects pitch to a panel of investors, showing real opportunities to fund conservation and sustainable practices. Investors provide feedback, highlighting solutions to bridge the biodiversity finance gap.

Global Biodiversity Finance Roadmap

In the final plenary, experts discuss priorities and solutions for a roadmap to achieve Global Biodiversity Framework goals. Stakeholders, from financial institutions to policymakers, are urged to drive implementation, with a focus on including local communities and Indigenous Peoples in biodiversity financing.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About this session

Since 2019, the Forestry and Climate Change Fund (FCCF) has provided equity and finance to companies in Central America and Mexico dedicated to the sustainable management of secondary and degraded forests and adding value to wood. FCCF introduces a series of silvicultural and forest management practices that result in forest growth and increased wood quality, but these practices incur costs that must be financed according to their long-term results. This session explores financing options for these practices and ways to increase the competitiveness and quality of wood from secondary and degraded forests.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About this session

The CGIAR science program on multifunctional landscapes integrates the three Rio Conventions with climate action, biodiversity and ecosystem gains and land degradation neutrality from source to sea.

This session shows how thriving multifunctional landscapes are critical to deliver on the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Three speakers elaborate on how to bridge current financing gaps to support multifunctional landscape research to effectively implement the GBF.

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