Seminar & Lecture Series
ADB-Stanford University Webinar Series on Financing Nature and Biodiversity Day 1. The Role of MDBs, Governments, and Development Partners
6 Nov 2020 Virtual
The Asia-Pacific region faces biodiversity loss, land use change, natural resource overexploitation and pollution, exacerbated by the rise of zoonotic diseases, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. More work needs to be done to recognize what nature-positive solutions can offer as part of government’s recovery plans implemented in development member countries.
The ADB Natural Capital Lab (NCL) regional digital platform will serve as a testbed to integrate nature-positive solutions in project design and implementation, leveraging additional financial resources for nature-positive recovery in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Asia- Pacific region.
The three-days webinar series is aimed at developing the ADB Natural Capital Lab initiative with ADB regional departments and external partner organizations, in preparation of its formal launch, planned at the Conference on Biodiversity (COP15) in May 2021.
The first of the three days, which will also be combined with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)’s training workshop on ecological compensation, will feature the role of multilateral development banks (MDBs), governments and development partners to mobilize private capital for natural capital investments.
The second day will be focused on the role of private sector investors, including commercial banks and large corporations to leverage biodiversity finance and natural capital investments in the rural economy.
The third and last session will set the stage to build the bank-wide regional platform. The PRC pioneering approaches will be presented for south-south cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. The Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) and the upcoming Yellow River Ecological Corridor (YREC) integrated frameworks will be used as models. ADB regional member countries will also be invited to share their approaches to leverage natural capital accounting and biodiversity finance.
Venue:
- Online via Zoom
Date:
- 6 November 2020 (9:00 am -11:30am, EST, Manila/Beijing time) or
- 6 November 2020 (8:00 pm -10:30pm, EDT, US time)
Co-convenors:
- ADB
- Stanford University
- National Development and Reform Commission
Contact:
- Silvia Cardascia
Young Professional
EAER/ EARD
Asian Development Bank
Email: scardascia@adb.org
Agenda:
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
| 9:00-9:30 AM | SESSION 1: THE ROLE OF MDBs AND GOVERNMENTS IN NATURAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT Chair: James Lynch Director General, East Asia Department, ADB Nature-positive Recovery and the Regional Natural Capital Lab in the Asia-Pacific Ahmed Saeed Vice-President for East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, ADB The Role of the Global Environment Facility in Financing Nature Carlos Manuel Rodríguez CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Effectiveness of the People’s Republic of China’s Ecological Protection and Compensation Mechanisms in Protecting Natural Ecological Systems Tong Zhangshun Director General, Regional Revitalization Department, NDRC |
| 9:30 -10:30 AM | SESSION 2: INNOVATIONS FOR INVESTING IN NATURAL CAPITAL Chair: Warren Evans Special Project Facilitator, ADB HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management: Opportunities for Collaboration Martjin Wilder AM Founding Partner, Pollination Group Guidance on Calculating the Gross Ecosystem Product to Carry out EcoCompensation and Green Finance Mechanisms Wang Jinnan Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering and President of Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning (CAEP), Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) East Asia and Southeast Asia Flyway Patricia Zurita CEO, BirdLife International Panelists:
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| 10:30-11:20 | SESSION 3: CAPACITY BUILDING, NETWORKING AND PARTNERSHIP FOR INVESTING IN NATURAL CAPITAL Chair: Qingfeng Zhang Director, Environment, Agriculture and Natural Resources Division, East Asia Department, ADB ADB’s Biodiversity Roadmap and Directions for Establishing a Natural Capital Lab Duncan A. Lang Senior Environmental Specialist, Safeguards Division and Environment Thematic Group Unit, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB Natural Capital Project: Key Tools since 2005 Gretchen Cara Daily Founder and Director, Natural Capital Project, Stanford University Lessons Learned from IDB Natural Capital Lab Gregory Watson Head, Natural Capital Lab, Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) Mainstreaming Biodiversity Finance across Projects and Operations Irina Likhachova Senior Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Mobilizing Private Finance for Biodiversity and Piloting Integrated Ecosystem-Economic Model for Policy Making Giovanni Ruta Senior Environmental Economist, World Bank Group |
| 11:20-11:30 | CLOSING REMARKS AND WAY FORWARD
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