
Debt and Biodiversity: A Chinese Leadership Opportunity
New report: China is now at the forefront of responding to environmental challenges at home and abroad. China’s target to reach net zero...
Robin Smale and Ashley Gorst
Apr 8, 20212 min read

Governing Finance for Sustainable Prosperity and Biodiversity
Yesterday the Council on Economic Policies published a report on the role of central banks and financial supervisors for sustainable...
F4B
Apr 8, 20212 min read

F4B Proposes a Bond Facility for Nature and Climate
A new report from F4B calls for the establishment of a ‘Nature and Climate Sovereign Bond Facility’. The Nature and Climate Sovereign...
F4B
Feb 25, 20213 min read

F4B Responds to the Dasgupta Review
Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) warmly welcomes the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity for having set out the arguments for...
F4B
Feb 10, 20211 min read


GSI: US could catalyse greener recovery
The latest Greenness of Stimulus Index (GSI) outlines the potentially transformative effect of the new administration under US President...
F4B
Feb 10, 20212 min read

The Dasgupta Review published
F4B welcomes the publication of the final report of Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta "Review on the Economics of Biodiversity". The Review...
F4B
Feb 2, 20213 min read

McKinsey and WEF: "there is no clear path to deliver climate mitigation without investing in nature"
McKinsey and the World Economic Forum have published a new report which argues that Natural climate solutions (NCS) are critical to...
F4B
Jan 28, 20211 min read

The Little Book of Nature
Our partners Global Canopy are launching The Little Book of Investing in Nature today. It provides an accessible overview of biodiversity...
F4B
Jan 11, 20213 min read

New Greenness of Stimulus Report
The 4th edition of the Greenness of Stimulus Index is published today. Latest index shows Australia, Canada, India, South Africa and the...
F4B
Dec 17, 20202 min read

GSI features in Climate Transparency Report
The Climate Transparency Report is an annual review of G20 countries’ climate action and their transition to a net-zero emissions...
F4B
Nov 13, 20201 min read

F4B Report: World’s development banks endangering vulnerable ecosystems worth US$1.1 trillion/year
New report from F4B with Vivid Economics and Basic Roots: Aligning Development Finance with Nature's Needs. Development finance...
Charlie Dixon
Nov 9, 20203 min read

New Greenness of Stimulus Index Report: Nature’s role in preventing pandemics neglected in US$12.7 t
The latest GSI report shows that economic rescue and recovery funds worldwide have failed to tackle natural world destruction. F4B and...
F4B
Oct 29, 20201 min read

White Paper: A Framework for Systemic Change
The financial system today is funding the destruction of the natural world. To date, the changes recommended to address the problem have...
F4B
Oct 20, 20202 min read

Financing Nature: closing the biodiversity financing gap
Financing Nature, A new report by our partners The Paulson Institute and The Nature Conservancy (both participants in the debt for nature...
F4B
Sep 25, 20201 min read

G20 leaders take first steps to deliver a green economic recovery from COVID-19 lockdown
The European Union as a whole and Germany and France in particular have taken the first big steps among G20 leading economies towards a...
F4B
Sep 24, 20204 min read

Report: Recapitalising sovereign debt
This publication sets out an approach to link the cost of sovereign debt with success in protecting or enhancing a country’s valued,...
F4B
Sep 9, 20202 min read

What are the biodiversity related legal liability risks for financial institutions?
There is growing concern among central banks, regulators and financial market participants about the financial risks associated with a...
F4B
Aug 31, 20201 min read

Green Stimulus Index
The latest version of the Green Stimulus Index, produced in cooperation with F4B and Vivid Economics, has been released. This update of...
F4B
Aug 30, 20201 min read

Report: The Case for a Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
This report by Global Canopy and Vivid Economics outlines why tackling nature-related risks is an urgent priority for the finance sector,...
F4B
Jul 16, 20201 min read

Report: Fintech for Biodiversity
Working with the Green Digital Finance Alliance F4B has begun to explore how digitalisation can enable financing of biodiversity. The...
F4B
Mar 30, 20201 min read