Finance Solutions for Nature: Pathways to Returns and Outcomes

The document argues that nature is an emerging strategic investment frontier but remains underpriced and underfinanced compared to climate finance. It proposes a flexible toolkit of 37 financial solutions, highlighting 10 priority solutions capable of delivering both investable returns and scalable nature outcomes. The report emphasizes the need to combine general-purpose finance's liquidity with the credibility of nature-specific models to move from fragmented transactions to mature global markets.

• Nature finance currently faces greater challenges than climate finance because nature is underpriced, undervalued, and underfinanced, and markets struggle to consistently reward positive nature outcomes.
• The report identifies 37 financial solutions to mobilize capital for nature, with a specific focus on 10 priority solutions that can provide investable returns and deliver outcomes at scale.
• Scaling nature finance requires a flexible toolkit that integrates the liquidity of general-purpose finance with the outcome credibility of nature-specific models.

APA

World Economic Forum (2025). Finance Solutions for Nature: Pathways to Returns and Outcomes. https://www.weforum.org/publications/finance-solutions-for-nature-pathways-to-returns-and-outcomes/

Chicago

World Economic Forum. Finance Solutions for Nature: Pathways to Returns and Outcomes. 2025. https://www.weforum.org/publications/finance-solutions-for-nature-pathways-to-returns-and-outcomes/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2025finance, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{Finance Solutions for Nature: Pathways to Returns and Outcomes}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2025}, month = sep, url = {https://www.weforum.org/publications/finance-solutions-for-nature-pathways-to-returns-and-outcomes/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }