Blended Finance for Natural Capital in Asia

According to Convergence Finance,

"Asia’s substantial economic growth in the last few decades has come at a high cost to its environment. Furthermore, limited investment has been directed towards financing natural capital solutions and preservation.

According to the 2022 State of Finance for Nature report by UNEP, finance flows to Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are currently US$154 billion per year, less than half of the US$384 billion per year investment in NbS needed by 2025 and only a third of investment needed by 2030 (US$484 billion per year) to halt biodiversity loss and achieve land degradation neutrality.

The objective of this report is to distill successes and lessons learned, as well as provide key takeaways for both practitioners and potential funders/programs who are interested in the space."