Financing nature-based solutions: pathways to scalable biodiversity restoration and nature-based entrepreneurship

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are increasingly recognised as essential for restoring biodiversity, strengthening ecosystem resilience and addressing climate challenges. Yet despite their proven ecological and socio-economic benefits, large-scale implementation remains constrained by limited and fragmented financing. Bridging the gap between biodiversity goals and investment strategies is therefore a critical priority for governments, financial institutions, businesses and practitioners.

By showcasing practical case studies, this webinar highlights how public finance, private investment and blended finance mechanisms can work together to mobilise capital for ecosystem recovery while generating long-term environmental and economic value.

Speakers present innovative approaches for financing nature-based solutions, including the cost-effectiveness of NbS, their role in insurance risk management and the potential of landscape enterprise networks as an innovative financial instrument for supporting biodiversity restoration.

The webinar also showcases practical capacity-building approaches, focusing on how local authorities can identify and access EU and national funding opportunities for climate adaptation and resilience, while addressing the role of entrepreneurship in advancing the nature-based economy. By bringing together experts from green finance, NbS practitioners, public authorities and policymakers, the session provides actionable knowledge on how NbS projects can attract sustainable financing, highlighting enabling policies, risk-sharing mechanisms and metrics that help build investor confidence and scale investment in nature.