Investing For Ocean Impact

Mar 14 2023 11

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The Earth is in trouble. But the ocean can help. When it comes to tackling climate change and the biodiversity crisis, the ocean and the world’s coastlines offer many solutions. Yet these solutions don’t receive anywhere near enough money to realize them. And while governments and philanthropists should provide more funding, they can’t meet the challenge alone. Investments from the private sector are equally key to success. Entrepreneurs across the world need support to integrate restoration and conservation into sustainable businesses. Only then can we create profit, both for people and for planet. Join Dorothée Herr – manager of the IUCN’s Blue Natural Capital Financing Facility – to discover the reasons to invest in the ocean. In Investing For Ocean Impact we’ll talk to leading experts, global policymakers, and investment movers and shakers. We’ll also dive into real life, working examples of Nature-based Solutions, from seaweed farms to marine protected areas, and show how these are projects that investors can indeed get behind. The time to invest in our ocean is now. Subscribe, wherever you get your podcasts, so that you never miss an episode.

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10. Blue Finance on the International Agenda for Nature and Humanity

Mar 14 2023 41 mins

This past year has been eventful for the ocean. Sustainable blue economy was a central theme for global conferences: the UN High Seas Treaty negotiation success, the UN Ocean Conference in Portugal leading to the CBD Biodiversity COP15 in Montreal, the One Ocean Summit in France, Canada hosting IMPAC5, the Our Ocean conference in Panama; all without forgetting the climate COP27 in

9. Environmental Economic Accounts: Bookkeeping for the Ocean

Feb 07 2023 29 mins

Environmental economic accounting is a new process that promises to transform the way we look at biodiversity and ecosystems. It’s based on traditional accounting - using data to track economic flows, record assets, and plan future investments. Might it be possible to account for something as broad and deep as the ocean? In this episode, Dorothee Herr asks how we might break down

8. Women’s Empowerment as a Key to Unlocking Ocean Finance

Jan 24 2023 24 mins

Half of the world’s population is female. But on the financing side, men still tend to dominate the boardrooms. But for conservation projects on the ground, local women are increasingly driving the most important work – and enriching their lives in the process. In this episode we unpack these power dynamics and discuss what it will take for financing systems to really empower a

7. Green-Grey Infrastructure: Coastal Development That Benefits The Environment

Jan 10 2023 26 mins

Green-grey infrastructure is a fascinating new concept. It describes Nature-based Solutions like mangroves or coral reefs that can work as or alongside grey infrastructure projects – like ports, seawalls, or water treatment plants. In a time of rising sea levels as well as increased coastal development, this kind of thinking is more important than ever. In this episode, Dorothé

6. The High Seas: The Last Frontier for Ocean Finance

Dec 13 2022 25 mins

Welcome to the High Seas. More than two hundred nautical miles beyond any coastline, these wild waters make up two thirds of the entire ocean and perform crucial functions like protecting fish and regulating our climate. But when it comes to global conservation action, they get little attention. That might change very soon. A new treaty is in development – the Biodiversity Beyon

5. Are blue bonds the silver bullet for ocean conservation? Part II

Nov 29 2022 28 mins

This is part two of our double feature on blue bonds. Last time we were introduced to blue bonds through the pioneering example of the Seychelles a few years ago. But today there’s a whole new generation of debt-for-nature swaps that restructure the debt of entire countries. In this episode, we speak to two of the people responsible for designing these deals to find out how they

4. Are blue bonds the silver bullet for ocean conservation? Part I

Nov 15 2022 31 mins

What are blue bonds? They're some of the biggest deals in ocean finance today - in some cases involving restructuring the debt of entire nations. But how do they actually work? This is part one of two episodes about blue bonds, where we’re travelling to the Seychelles to talk about the first blue bond ever created - and asking how they deliver money to Nature-based Solutions. Fea

3. Insights from the Boardroom: Two Investors on Nature-Based Solutions and Tech Investments

Nov 01 2022 25 mins

On this podcast we talk a lot about Nature-Based Solutions. But the devil is in the detail for actually implementing them in an investible way on the ground. So in this episode, Dorothée Herr is joined by two seasoned investors to help break down the challenges in investing into Nature-Based Solutions, and discuss what other investments - such as tech - can offer in support. Fea

2. Blended finance and super typhoons: A reality check from the Philippines

Oct 18 2022 27 mins

When a deadly super typhoon hit the Philippines last year, it damaged thousands of local livelihoods and wiped out much of their seaweed production. Blended finance - and an investor able to adapt - provided a lifeline. In this episode we’re revisiting Coast4C for an update on the real-life challenges of Nature-based Solutions project development, as well as talking to a fund man

1. Why private finance for ocean conservation?

Oct 04 2022 23 mins

Welcome to season 2! In the first episode, we’re going back to basics. Why should the private sector be involved in ocean finance in the first place? Private finance actors and their contributions are being increasingly recognised - but not everyone is on board with their new place in ocean conservation and restoration. Are we making a deal with the devil? Is this a waste of taxp