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EU Commission launches nature credit programme to scale private finance

The European Commission has launched a programme to scale nature credits in the EU in a bid to ramp up private investment into nature recovery.

Future Energy Ventures leads $8.5m round for forest carbon monitoring firm

Brazilian asset manager ups deforestation requirements

Nature data: welcome to the jungle

The data landscape remains confusing, but investors are becoming more sophisticated and specific in their requests. Genevieve Redgrave reports

Creating products with positive nature impact still 'challenging', says Triodos IM

Creating financial products which deliver positive impacts for nature and biodiversity is still "challenging", according to Triodos Investment Management, as it prepares a natural capital fund with Fondaction.

We lack 'necessary tools' to understand implications of nature degradation, warns ECB

The European Central Bank (ECB) has warned that data gaps are hindering its efforts to assess the "worrying" implications of nature degradation when setting monetary policy.

TFFF could reshape how investors engage with development finance

The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is a prime example of the innovation and cooperation needed to revive the development finance agenda, writes Mahmoud Mohieldin

Webinar: Nature data is financially material, not just 'bubble' talk

Nature-related data has a real role to play in the investment process and could be an important driver of returns, an Environmental Finance webinar heard, although further research is needed.

Execution overtakes disinterest as barrier to nature investment, says Pollination

Issues around execution of nature investment strategies - such as a lack of returns, pipeline and capability - have become the biggest barrier for nature investing, a Pollination survey has found.

EIOPA urges deeper biodiversity risk action amid promising insurer steps

Insurers have made encouraging first moves to address biodiversity risk, but much more is needed to manage its financial impact, according to the inaugural report on biodiversity risk management from the EU's insurance authority.