A new key biodiversity platform for cross sectoral collaboration
For its inaugural launch, World Biodiversity Summit will help define what world leaders and the private sector in biodiversity and climate action need to do in the medium and long term to achieve sustainable development and hinder further biodiversity loss, focusing on partnerships and investment mechanisms as levers of progress. World Biodiversity Summit is a platform for responding to accelerating biodiversity loss, by using the Paris Agreement as a framework to learn from, promoting relevant solutions, innovations, and leadership networks, strengthening nature restoration and conservation. Nature-based solutions will be highlighted, from specificecosystems to global possibilities.
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Application for the workshop hosted by FSD Africa & African Natural Capital Alliance at WCIS2025: "Unlocking Nature Finance in Africa: Bridging Capital, Projects & Policy"
Date: 26 June, 14:30-15:30 BST
This event aims to explore how to unlock the full potential of nature finance across Africa by convening voices from the investment community, project developers, and policymakers. It will serve as a platform for ANCA members and partners to showcase their innovative approaches to nature finance, while fostering a holistic dialogue on scaling investment for nature across the African continent.
Workshop Speakers
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Ruth Davis OBE, UK Special Representative for Nature
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Allesandro Scalco, Blended Finance Lead, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)
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Viraj Sikand, CEO and Co-Founder, Earth Acre
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Justine Sequeira - Director, Conservation Finance at Forested
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Akanksha Khatri, Head of Nature Action Agenda, World Economic Forum (WEF)
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Dorothy Maseke, Africa Lead – Nature Finance & TNFD at FSD Africa and Head of the ANCA Secretariat
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Kelvin Massingham, Director, Adaptaion and Resilience at FSD Africa
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Anne-Marie Chidzero, CIO at FSD Africa Investments