Investments in Nature-Based Solutions Projected to Reach $384 Billion by 2025: A Global Imperative for Ecosystem Restoration and Conservation
Global investments in nature-based solutions are set to exceed $384 billion by 2025, aiming to restore ecosystems and combat climate change.
Global Investments in Nature-Based Solutions Projected to Reach $384 Billion Annually by 2025, Aiming to Restore Ecosystems and Combat Climate Change
Investments should be scaled up for Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) because they tap natural processes as solutions to environmental challenges while presenting sustainable alternatives to engineered solutions. Addressed as such, current investments in NbS worldwide are about $154 billion annually, still below a little less than the $384 billion target which is needed by 2025 for global environmental goals.
Investment Areas for Ecosystem Revival
Restoration of ecosystems is what NbS is on, and, indeed, it encompasses not just the recovery of degraded lands but also sustaining key ecosystems. Investment areas will include reforestation, wetland rehabilitation, and conservation of peatlands and mangroves. The very sequestration of carbon through these activities is complemented by associated benefits such as improved biodiversity, water quality, and enhanced resilience to natural hazards.
Conservation Finance: Mobilizing Resources for Nature
Conservation finance systems are the major vehicles through which fund channels flow into the initiatives. New forms of finance have been devised such as biodiversity credits and green bonds, which entice private investment, but current takings by private capital account for only 17 percent of the total investment to NbS .
Global Initiatives and Policy Frameworks
International and national agreements form the most important cornerstones to scaling up investment in NbS. For instance, at the Global Landscapes Forum, and in association with the Finance for Nature initiative of the UN Environment Programme, efforts are underway to align financial flows to NbS. In addition, the creation of a policy framework that incentivizes land-use practices and conditionality for environmentally harmful actions would help divert investments in that direction.
The Way Ahead: Increasing Investments
In order to reach the $384 billion target for annual investments by 2025, the joint initiatives should include governments, the private sector, and civil society in making a green deal possible through reformed subsidies harmful to the environment, policies favoring NbS, developing financial products for investments in nature, and then linking beneficial and adverse economic incentives with environmental outcomes.
National and Global Investments in Nature-based Solutions This offers almost universal recognition that improving investment in such nature-based solutions is a response to poverty and climate change because it signals global acceptance for ecosystem restoration and conservation efforts in responding to climate change. Indeed, achieving a target of $384 billion by 2025 is doable and absolutely necessary for a sustainable and resilient future.
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