IIF Authors

Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance

Khadija Mahmood

Economist

Jeremy McDaniels

Deputy Director, Sustainable Finance

Director of Sustainability Research

Status: Will be live at 06/16/2022 10:10

Green Weekly Insight: Tackling Nature-related risks

June 16, 2022

While climate change tops the global policy agenda, nature-related risks (and opportunities) are a growing focus.
Nature loss can be addressed by aligning financial flows with nature/biodiversity goals and-on a policy level-reducing government subsides to polluting industries.
The new Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) supports the shift of financial flows from nature-negative to nature-positive activities by setting out a framework for proper voluntary reporting and disclosures.