Bankable Nature Solutions: Blueprints for Bankable Nature Solutions from across the globe to adapt to and mitigate climate change and to help our living planet thrive

World Wide Fund (WWF)

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Abstract: Collapsing ecosystems is a phenonomenon we are increasingly facing, calling for new solutions. Biodiversity loss and climate change pose tremendous challenges to our planet and its people. The Living Planet Report (2018) found a decline of 60% in population sizes of vertebrate species in the period 1970- 2014. The tropics of Latin America even faced a 89% loss in the same period. Hundreds of millions of people are already exposed to the effects of biodiversity loss and climate change. Restoring nature can help people to adapt by providing an ongoing source of food and other ecosystem services that support livelihoods, whilst also providing protection against extreme weather events. There is a quest for bankable projects which have the ability to create positive environmental returns that lead to improved biodiversity and climate mitigation and/or adaptation, while also being attractive for financial institutions to invest in. WWF refers to these bankable projects as Bankable Nature Solutions. This publication serves an introduction to Bankable Nature Solutions and presents 13 case studies that offer different solutions that generate a financial return and have a positive impact on nature and climate. The publication is meant to demonstrate what bankable projects are and how WWF through the Bankable Nature Solutions practice/ division can work across different landscapes to overcome various challenges. It aspires to show global landscape practitioners, investors and investees that Bankable Nature Solutions can be a promising solution, helping to upscale projects and to achieve more impact.