Sustainable finance

Financing economic, social and environmental sustainability is a key focus of Earthmind’s work. Existing financing modalities often could benefit from incorporating sustainability perspectives and criteria. New and innovative financing mechanisms are also needed, and, in this regard, Earthmind serves as the secretariat for the innovative Green Development Initiative. Highlights include:

• Foreign direct investment & employment creation - research for the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on whether foreign direct investment promotes job creation
FDI & jobs: A background paper
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• The Green Development Initiative (GDI) – development of a new and innovative international private sector financing mechanism in support of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the other biodiversity-related conventions
gdi.earthmind.net

• The Kijani Project- legacy site of a feasibility study of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to establish an financial mechanism to develop and invest in sustainable African biodiversity business.
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• POPs finance- independent review of the financial mechanism of the Stockholm Convention and guidance on resource mobilisation
UNEP/POPS/COP.2/INF/9: Draft report on the first review of the financial mechanism
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• Protected areas finance - network development on parks finance with the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and academic training with the University of Klagenfurt
Earthmind legacy website

• Public expenditure review – initialised the World Bank’s pubic expenditure review of sustainable land management in Uganda
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• The Wetland Carbon Partnership- support to the development and coordination of a path-breaking partnership between Danone, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat to develop and invest in mangrove restoration projects which deliver carbon credits and community benefits
wetcarbon.earthmind.net