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Nature the most fundamental form of capital

26 August 2020 / WORDS BY Martijn Wilder AM

A new investment thematic – Natural capital – is emerging.  Natural capital can help pension and sovereign wealth funds meet their need for mandated returns, and satisfy their requirements to do so in a way that is not only less harmful, but has the potential to restore the environment.

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Building the base for nature positive across the built environment

19 March 2024 / WORDS BY Guy Williams and Sophie St John

The built environment, and associated infrastructure sector, is very well placed to pursue ambitious nature targets.

When it comes to nature risk and opportunity, there’s a fallacy we sometimes see amongst corporates that it’s a new space, impossibly complex, and must be completely understood before it can be addressed. Those who put nature in the ‘too hard’ basket are failing to recognise the opportunities it presents, and the scale of relevant work and data they have often already accumulated. Few companies would be approaching nature from a standing start if they were to start planning more deliberately and explicitly for it today. The reality is we already know an awful lot about nature, what is needed and what impacts we are having – and this is particularly true in the built environment sector.

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We convened stakeholders across sectors to discuss how to collaboratively finance the green transition. Here’s what we heard.

13 March 2024 / WORDS BY Pollination

With governments around the world continuing to allocate funds towards sustainable initiatives, public capital has become a driving force behind the transition to a net-zero, nature-positive future. Last week, Pollination hosted a group of 25 leaders across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in our DC office for an engaging dialogue on the financial incentives that are fueling the green transition and the role of public funding in addressing climate change.

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Radical forest diplomacy: The potential of contemporary art to bridge the political divide

29 January 2024 / WORDS BY Rebecca Lake

Pollination Associate Director Rebecca Lake attended the inaugural Tasmanian Forest Economics Conference at Mona to listen, observe and contribute to a conversation steeped in history and contention.

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Pollination’s five official nominees for the 2024 Earthshot Prize

21 December 2023 / WORDS BY Pollination

The Earthshot Prize 2024 launched in October and Pollination is proud to be an Official Nominator. We’ve been selected to draw on our unique expertise across climate and nature to identify the most inspiring, impactful and inclusive solutions which would qualify for a one-million-pound prize.

We have nominated the following initiatives based on their potential to repair and regenerate our planet and inspire others to do so.

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The nature agenda at COP28: growing in recognition but lacking in commitments

19 December 2023 / WORDS BY Jane Hutchinson, Maggie Comstock and Sara Oishi

The UAE COP28 Presidency had high ambitions for this year’s conference, hoping it would catalyse “unprecedented” action, including with respect to nature, clean air and water, and healthy food. Nature was a pervasive topic throughout the event and there were several significant announcements related to investments in forest protection, water resources, and regenerative agriculture — along with new initiatives related to building capacity for nature finance. Events coincided with the one-year mark since the UN Biodiversity COP15 in Montreal, and the historical signing of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and there were high hopes that nature and biodiversity would feature prominently. However, given the scale of the challenge, the world’s nature stewards—especially Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities—have reason to feel the outcomes of COP28 still lack the speed and scale needed to meaningfully tackle the climate crisis.

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Top triumphs and trials from COP28, and what they mean for you

15 December 2023 / WORDS BY Pollination

Marking an important moment in the global effort to address the climate crisis, COP28 focused on transformative action and welcomed 100,000 climate changemakers from around the world. While the negotiations in Dubai may have fallen short of expectations for increasing ambition, the event did catalyse meaningful unilateral and bilateral country action, along with commitments from multilateral development banks, development finance institutions, corporations, and researchers. There are a number of key takeaways relevant to governments, businesses, and other organisations seeking to adopt responsive strategies. Here’s our round-up of the top things you need to know.

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