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Waiting for the Finance Innovation Festival: enjoy the Naturance Talks

May 17, 2024

Have a sneak peak at the festival content by watching our expert keynotes on topics including ecosystem-based approaches, financial strategies such as green finance, project origination, insurance protection, and the EU policy landscape concerning Nature-based Solutions investment. The list is continuously updated!

David Bresch, professor for Weather and Climate Risks at the ETH Zürich, gave a talk on the Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) methodology, which enables decision makers to understand and quantify the impact of climate change and to identify actions to minimize that impact at lowest cost.
The speech of Barry Hankin, Chief of Environmental Modelling at JBA Consulting, is focused on a project in Scotland demonstrating how robust environmental modelling can be used to inform nature-based solutions for flood management, from the efficacy of different options through to the cost/benefit analysis.
Juraj Jurík and Amanda Radstake (Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation) introduce the “Nature for Catchments Launchramp”, a tool deployed in Greece and Cyprus in collaboration with the European Investment Bank. It is a project origination method for NbS projects in the context of river catchments which includes stakeholder engagement, convening politicians and decision-makers and preparation of suitable finance.
As the Finance Innovation Festival approaches, Marie Scholer, senior policy expert of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) held a talk entitled “Reducing risks at the core to address the insurance protection gap in Europe”.
As the Finance Innovation Festival approaches (23-24 of May 2024), Fleur van Ooststroom-Brummel, policy officer (Biodiversity and Nature-based Solutions) at the European Commission, held a talk titled “EU policy context for NBS investment”.
As the Finance Innovation Festival approaches (23-24 of May 2024), Marie Vandewalle, senior scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, held a talk titled “Innovation at the Biodiversity Science-Policy Interface: Eklipse”.
As the Finance Innovation Festival approaches (23-24 of May 2024), Marta Vicarelli, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst, held a talk titled “On the cost-effectiveness of Nature-based Solutions for reducing disaster risk”.
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