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These questions and more are answered in Unlocking Private Finance for Nature as Infrastructure: A Public-Private Partnership: www.paulsoninstitute.org/wp-content/u...

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🟢What tools are needed for nature finance to address the systemic challenge of nature’s resilience?
🟢How can governments drive investment in nature protection and restoration?
🟢What role does the private sector have in mainstreaming nature in the global financial system?

Is the Global Food System Destroying the Planet Podcast Episode · Nature's Ledger · March 9 · 39m

They cover:
🟢Agriculture's effects on water, climate, and biodiversity
🟢How we can produce more food for a growing population while using less land
🟢How our diets affect the planet

Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Can we feed the world in ways that don’t harm nature or disrupt economic stability?

This is the question Deborah Lehr is tackling on the latest episode of Nature’s Ledger. She welcomes @mikegrunwald.bsky.social for a conversation on the global food system's environmental impact.

A graph showing the mechanisms to close the biodiversity financing gap

In just one month, governments spend more on subsidies harmful to nature than they spend on biodiversity protection in an entire year. Policymakers should attempt to estimate the real value of nature and the costs of destroying it.

Read more: www.paulsoninstitute.org/conservation...

Bar graph showing the biodiversity financing gap and its widening from 2019 to 2024.

The Paulson Institute's update to the landmark 2020 Financing Nature report draws attention to the dramatic and accelerating biodiversity loss occurring around the globe, the growing biodiversity financing gap, and the impact of climate change policies that disregard nature.

Conservation: Love of Nature in Action Podcast Episode · Nature's Ledger · February 19 · 40m

Listen to the inaugural episode of the Paulson Institute's newest podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

For the inaugural episode of Nature’s Ledger, Deborah Lehr welcomes Hank and Wendy Paulson to discuss:
🟢How to make a difference in protecting nature
🟢The conservation efforts that give them hope for nature
🟢The importance of community-level work to advance conservation

Conservation: Love of Nature in Action Podcast Episode · Nature's Ledger · 02/19/2026 · 40m

🎙️ Nature’s Ledger premieres with a conversation between Deborah Lehr and guests Hank and Wendy Paulson. They discuss the importance of local conservation efforts and integrating their professional experience into their efforts to protect nature.

Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

By investing in nature, we protect vital ecosystems, generate employment, strengthen local economies, and advance sustainable development.

Learn more in PI's Financing Nature interim report: www.paulsoninstitute.org/conservation...

Climate change demands urgent action, but not at nature’s expense. Yet a troubling trend is emerging: climate policy that unintentionally accelerates biodiversity loss.

Nature-based solutions can serve as powerful economic multipliers, driving growth.

Episode 40: David Wallace-Wells Podcast Episode · Straight Talk with Hank Paulson · 04/20/2021 · 35m

#FBF David Wallace-Wells speaks with Hank Paulson on Straight Talk. He shares his insights into the role of journalism in the climate crisis, the implications of rising global temperatures, how climate change is impacting our lives, & hope he sees for the future: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Protecting Coastal Wetlands in China YouTube video by Paulson Institute

Since 2014, PI’s Conservation team has worked to understand, recognize, & celebrate the value of wetlands through a blueprint for coastal wetland conservation & restoration, founding the Coastal Wetland Conservation Network, capacity building, policy research, & advocacy. youtu.be/ttY_f_sFzKM?...

Nature-based solutions can serve as powerful economic multipliers, driving growth. By investing in nature, we protect vital ecosystems, generate employment, strengthen local economies, and advance sustainable development. www.paulsoninstitute.org/conservation...

Since the release of the landmark Financing Nature report, the biodiversity financing gap has grown from $711 billion to $942 billion.

We are undervaluing nature, thereby undermining the ecological stability of our planet and threatening our safety, health, and economy. And the crisis is worsening.

Learn more about how aligning public policy with private capital, PPPNs can provide standardized structures, long-term contracts, and measurable outcomes to scale up private investment in high-integrity nature projects: www.paulsoninstitute.org/wp-content/u...

The report highlights how ecosystems such as forests, wetlands, and mangroves can be recognized as critical, investable assets, enabling nature to access the same financing pathways as traditional infrastructure through national investment plans, blended finance, and PPP frameworks.

Nature finance is fragmented and insufficient to address biodiversity loss and climate change. To bridge the gap, Unlocking Private Finance for Nature as Infrastructure introduces a new paradigm: treating nature as infrastructure and deploying PPPs for nature as a core delivery model.

A photo of the article header and hero image, reading: Critical wetland in Angola gets formal Ramsar recognition. The image also contains a photo of an African elephant walking through the wetland.

In a remote part of Angola, Lisima Lya Mwono supplies water to the region’s rivers and supports wildlife. This vital ecosystem has been designated by @ramsar.org and the government of Angola as the country’s first Wetland of International Importance.

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PI's Financing Nature interim report highlights accelerating biodiversity loss, the growing biodiversity financing gap, the impact of climate change policies that disregard nature, and the nature-based solutions that can drive growth and resilience.

More: www.paulsoninstitute.org/conservation...

Wetlands may often be overlooked, but they are essential to life.

Wetlands store water during droughts, absorb floods, filter pollution and support livelihoods.

This #WorldWetlandsDay, let us honour the traditional knowledge and cultural heritage that have protected wetlands for generations.

💧Healthy wetlands are essential for healthy rivers.

This World Wetlands Day, we’re celebrating the incredible benefits wetlands bring. From improving water quality and reducing flood risk, to supporting wildlife and strengthening resilience across entire catchments.

#WorldWetlandsDay

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A Focus on Coastal Wetlands - Paulson Institute

Globally, more than 67% of coastal wetlands have been lost, and 36% of coastal and marine species have declined.

Read more about the PI Conservation team’s work and achievements in wetland conservation and restoration: www.paulsoninstitute.org/conservation...

Protecting Coastal Wetlands in China YouTube video by Paulson Institute

Wetland ecosystems provide important services, such as fish nurseries, storm and flood buffering, water purification, and carbon storage.

On #WorldWetlandsDay, PI is highlighting the importance of these ecosystems in helping nature, local economies, and people to thrive: youtu.be/ttY_f_sFzKM?...

Check out Unlocking Private Finance for Nature as Infrastructure: A Public-Private Partnership and its recommendations: www.paulsoninstitute.org/wp-content/u...

Nature finance is fragmented and poorly matched to the systemic challenge of maintaining nature’s resilience.

A new report explores how countries and financial institutions can integrate nature into infrastructure planning and mobilize private capital at scale through standardized PPPNs.

A photo of monarch butterflies with text overlaid, reading: Since 1970, global wildlife populations have plunged by an average of 73 percent, and more than a quarter of our planet’s species now face extinction.

PI's update to Financing Nature examines the accelerating biodiversity loss occurring around the globe, the growing biodiversity financing gap, and the impact of climate change policies that disregard nature.

Read about the economic case for valuing nature: www.paulsoninstitute.org/conservation...

What tools are needed for nature finance to address systemic challenge of nature’s resilience?
How can governments drive investment in nature protection and restoration?
What role does the private sector have in mainstreaming nature in the financial system?
www.paulsoninstitute.org/wp-content/u...

By investing in nature, we protect vital ecosystems, generate employment, strengthen local economies, and advance sustainable development.

Learn more in PI's Financing Nature report update: www.paulsoninstitute.org/conservation...