Ten years after the Paris Agreement provided impetus to align finance with climate goals, this conference aims to start a new conversation on aligning finance with nature goals to implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. While biodiversity loss together with climate change pose rising risks to the economic and financial system – and to society at large – preserving and restoring nature is the key to long-term economic and financial resilience.
Join us in Rotterdam to meet and discuss the future of nature-aligned finance with policymakers, industry leaders and world-class researchers. We’ll be featuring the latest research, and discussions and presentations from thought leaders, including:
Fireside chat
- Prof. Dirk Schoenmaker of RSM and Irene Heemskerk Head of Climate Change Centre at the European Central Bank
Research in the spotlight
- Prof. Irene Monasterolo, Professor of Climate Finance at Utrecht University’s School of Economics
- Marloes Hagens PhD candidate in Climate and Nature risks & Sustainable Investing at RSM
- Alice Stuart, PhD researcher at University of East Anglia
Panel discussion
- Prof. Josh Ryan-Collins, Economist and author with research interests in monetary policy, finance, the macroeconomics of land/housing, climate change and innovation at UCL
- Lidwin van Velden, CEO of NWB Bank
- Nathaële Rebondy, Head of Sustainability Europe at Schroders