This is a speech that was given at the 2021 AEMS summer school. We were kindly invited to speak about regulating international finance for social progress and to protect the environment. This provided an excellent opportunity to discuss the premises of the question, including whether finance has a key role to play in addressing climate change and biodiversity loss.
Serious concerns and serious questions – GFO’s assessement of the first draft of the post2020 biodiversity framework
CBD's first draft of the post2020 global biodiversity framework confirms in our view its focus on putting a monetary value on nature and on biodiversity offsetting. It also raises serious questions linked to intergenerational equity, protected areas & private economic incentives.
GFO’s response to the TSVCM consultation – do no “net” harm?
We welcome this consultation on the design of voluntary carbon markets. Overall, we find that: Emission reductions are still not being credibly prioritized in our opinion Despite their well-known issues, forestry offsets are not excluded Links to compliance markets are foreseen, that might create risks for the effectiveness of cap and trade markets (ETS) A …
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