Case Studies - state-of-finance-for-nature

Kenya Pooled Water Fund

Region: Africa | Kenya
Societal Challenge: Water Security; Economic and Social Development
Financial Instrument: Debt
Source: Blended

Kenya Pooled Water Fund (KPWF) was established to fill in the financing gap of the Kenyan water and sewerage system. KPWF leverages pooling of loans to lower the risk for bondowners. KPWF creates an opportunity for government and other development partners to achieve multiple leverage of their sectors financial contributions in the aim of achieving 100% coverage in the water and sewerage sector by 2030.

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Ingoldisthorpe Wetland

Region: Europe | UK
Societal Challenge: Water Security; Climate Change
Financial Instrument: Debt
Source: Private

Norfolk Rivers Trust and Anglian Water started a project to improve the water quality of River Ingol. This was done by creating a natural wetland that acts as a biological water filter, cleaning the water that flows into the river. The project has delivered significant positive changes in terms of water consumption savings, carbon dioxide emission reductions, and biodiversity improvements.

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Resilience of Wetlands in Peru

Region: Latin America | Peru
Societal Challenge: Climate Change
Financial Instrument: Grants
Source: Public

The project, in action since 2017, is managed by the Green Climate Fund and serves the purpose to sustainably manage the swamps of Datem del Marañón in Peru. To date, 2.6 million tonnes of emissions have been avoided. Within the span of 10 years, it is estimated that 4.861 ha of landscapes will be saved from deforestation, and 343.000 ha of forests and peatlands will be conserved.

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Policy-based Loans in Mexico

Region: Latin America | Mexico
Societal Challenge: Climate Change
Financial Instrument: Debt
Source: Public

Mexico invested in policy-based loans in both 2012 and 2017 to support the country's biodiversity. As a result of these loans, new local governance mechanisms for ecological landscape management were established, rural development policies were strengthened to align better with biodiversity conservation policies, and sustainable commodity production practices were promoted.

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France Green Sovereign

Region: Europe | France
Societal Challenge: Climate Change
Financial Instrument: Debt
Source: Public

With the launch of the EUR 7 billion Green OAT by Agence France Trésor, France became the world's first country to issue a sovereign green benchmark bond. Since its launch, additional bonds have been issued, raising the total capital to EUR 25.3 billion in April 2020. By September 2020, these bonds cumulatively had raised EUR 3.13 billion for activities related to biodiversity conservation.

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Biodiversity Tax Incentives in South Africa

Region: Africa | South Africa
Societal Challenge: Climate Change
Financial Instrument: National Budget Allocation
Source: Public

The South African government demonstrates how tax incentives can motivate landowners to engage in biodiversity conservation, by offering tax breaks for private landowners part-taking in declaring and managing protected areas of land within their properties.

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Biodiversity Footprint Financial Institutions method (BFFI)

Region: Global
Societal Challenge: Climate Change
Financial Instrument: Grants
Source: Private

ASN Bank created the Biodiversity Footprint Financial Institutions method (BFFI) as a tool for financial institutions to measure the positive biodiversity impacts of their investments, since previously only the negative aspects have been taken into account.

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Althelia Biodiversity Fund (ABF)

Region: Latin America | Brazil
Societal Challenge: Climate Change
Financial Instrument: Debt; Equity; Grants
Source: Blended

The Althelia Biodiversity Fund is a blended finance fund founded by Mirova, created to mobilize US$100 million into sustainable projects that focus on biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and improving community livelihoods in the Brazilian Amazon.

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