Assessing finance for nature-based solutions

The document examines international development finance for nature-based solutions (NbS) in developing countries, particularly least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS). It highlights the difficulty of accurately quantifying NbS funding and suggests that current estimates may mask a significant finance gap if projects are not explicitly designed to deliver both biodiversity and human benefits.

• International development and climate finance are critical for implementing nature-based solutions in developing countries, especially for least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS) which rely heavily on external assistance to supplement domestic revenues.
• A scoping review of projects in LDCs and SIDS indicates that it is unclear how benefits for biodiversity and people are achieved; if project activities do not explicitly address ecosystem challenges and co-benefits are merely assumed, existing funding estimates may hide a larger finance gap.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2022). Assessing finance for nature-based solutions. https://www.sei.org/publications/assessing-finance-nature-based-solutions/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Assessing finance for nature-based solutions. 2022. https://www.sei.org/publications/assessing-finance-nature-based-solutions/.

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2022assessing, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Assessing finance for nature-based solutions}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/assessing-finance-nature-based-solutions/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }