Breakfast: Solutions to financing nature for the Post 2020 Era – A breakfast dialogue with finance leaders 

Finance for conservation has since long been neglected as a development priority. With the growing realisation that nature-based solutions are an essential part of any strategy towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, it has become a central issue for ministries of finance. A wealth of learning has been generated in the past decades of working on a wide array of finance solutions using all possible sources, utilising many different mechanisms. To date, over 150 types of biodiversity finance solutions are documented. The advent of the SDGs, the adoption of the Paris Climate Accord and the upcoming development of a post 2020 Strategy for biodiversity present a unique opportunity to shape the biodiversity finance agenda of the future. This event will provide a platform for finance ministers and other finance leaders to elaborate an initial vision for biodiversity finance for the post-2020 era. The 1.5 hour session is hosted jointly by the CBD and UNDP, and moderated by UNDP Administrator Mr Achim Steiner.