What to Expect from the Nature Hub at Climate Week NYC | N4C Highlights

For the second year, the Nature Hub will host its unbranded program at Climate Week NYC, focusing on accelerating global investments in nature-based solutions (NbS). The agenda, shaped by the Nature4Climate Coalition and 12 environmental non-profits and philanthropic organizations, aims to influence ‘nature finance’ calls to action for upcoming climate and biodiversity global conferences COP16, COP29, and COP30. Over two days, the hub will offer events and networking opportunities in central New York for more than 1,000 participants, including investors, private sector leaders, financial institutions, NbS experts, Indigenous Peoples’ representatives, policymakers and public finance professionals.

Theme: ‘Transitioning to a nature-positive, net-zero economy’

The 2024 Nature Hub agenda aims to answer the question: how we can build a nature-positive and net-zero economy by shifting from the current exploitation model to one that values natural ecosystems’ regeneration and sustainability. A nature-positive economy offers businesses new markets and financial mechanisms, steering away from deforestation-related activities. By investing in nature-based solutions and funding nature-positive activities, governments and the private sector can achieve climate and biodiversity goals, generate economic returns, and benefit local communities. This is why the agenda, featuring  more than 40 events, will primarily focus on five urgent transformations needed:

1. End deforestation;
2. Ensure a sustainable food and land use transition;
3. Build high-integrity carbon markets;
4. Facilitate direct financing for Indigenous Peoples and local communities;
5. Establish equitable flows of public financing.
   

Highlighted speakers

Razan Al Mubarak: UN Climate Change High-Level Champions for COP28 and COP29

Mary Schapiro: Vice-Chair, GFANZ

Andy Jarvis: Director of Future of Food, Bezos Earth Fund

Alexandra Murdoch: Senior Policy Advisor for Natural Climate Solution, The Nature Conservancy

Celine Herweijer: Group Chief Sustainability Officer, HSBC

Chris Busch: Director of Environmental Initiatives, Apple

Cristina Reis: Vice Secretary of Economic Development and Sustainability, Ministry of Finance, Brazil

Claudia Pimentel Trindade Prates: Head of Climate Transition, Brazil Development Bank – BNDES

Daniel Kandy: Foreign Affairs Officer – Sustainable Landscapes, U.S. Department of State

Drew Purves: Sustainability and Biodiversity Co-Lead, Google DeepMind

Ellen Jackowski: Chief Sustainability Officer, Mastercard

Facundo Etchebehere: SVP Sustainability, Danone

James Honeyborne: Filmmaker, Netflix

Jennifer Corpuz: Global Policy and Advocacy Lead, Nia Tero

Juan Carlos Jinitiach: Executive Secretary, Global Alliance of Territorial Communities

Kate MacKenzie: Executive Director, New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy

Laura McGorman: Director of Data for Good, Meta

Ligia Noronha: UN Assistant SG and Head of UNEP NY Office

Mark Wishnie: CSO of BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG)

Owen Bethell: Environmental Impact Lead, Nestlé

Pei Chi Wong: Finance Sector Guidance Lead, Global Canopy

Stephen O’Driscoll: Head of Environment, Climate and Social Policy, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Tim Christophersen: Vice President, Climate Action, Salesforce

Tony Goldner: CEO, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures

Olufunso Somorin: Regional Principal Officer, African Development Bank

Expected Announcements

1. New Catalytic Capital Fund Announcement from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Environmental Conservation Program
2. ‘Nature Investment Lab’ Launch
3. New report ‘Scaling nature finance now: The opportunity for investors in Brazil and beyond’
4. Friends of FLINT” Network Launch – FSC Investments & Partnerships
5. New ‘ __WITH NATURE’ Unbranded Campaign launch
6. Netflix new Ocean series announcement
7. UK Government and FMO update on “Mobilising Finance for Forests ” Programme
8. New Conservation International and Bregal Sphere partnership
9. The LandMark Mapping Platform update (WRI)
10. Nature in Action Series new episode – Sociobieonomy in Brazil (Nature4Climate)

THE NATURE HUB IS HOSTED BY:

Bezos Earth Fund, Capitals Coalition, Conservation International, Doris Duke Foundation, Forest Stewardship Council, Global Evergreening Alliance, Nature Positive Initiative, Nature4Climate, Rainforest Foundation Norway, The Nature Conservancy World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Wildlife Conservation Society, and World Resources Institute.

Also sponsored by: African Natural Capital Alliance, BTG-Pactual Timberland Investment Group, Calculus Carbon, FSD Africa Investments and Space Intelligence.

GUESTS ORGANIZATIONS:

Amazon, BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group, Coord. of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon, Danone, DocuSign, Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, Global Canopy, Google DeepMind, Governments Acre and Pará (Brazil), International Finance Corporation, Itaú Unibanco, KPMg, Lloyds Banking Group, L’Occitane Group, Mastercard, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, Natural Resources Canada, Natura, Nestlé, New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy, Nia Tero, Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Colombian Amazon, Salesforce, Suzano, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, The Rockefeller Foundation, Timberland Investment Group, UK Government, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, UN Development Programme, UN Environmental Programme, U.S. Department of State, World Economic Forum and World Bank.