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SUMMARY:Conference: Nature’s Return
DESCRIPTION:2020 was set to be a “super year” for nature and the planet
 . Then COVID-19 hit. The COP15 on Biodiversity\, hosted by China\, is post
 poned to 2021\, as is the Climate COP26 hosted by the UK. Interestingly\, 
 the pandemic is also a stark boost to this agenda: it reminds us that we f
 ace permanent disaster if we do not act immediately to safeguard biodivers
 ity and ecosystems.\n\nOn 20th May\, the EU has published its Biodiversity
  Strategy 2030 – an important piece of the Green Deal – and promises t
 o lead efforts at the global level.\n\nThe EU’s Green Deal Investment Pl
 an is the most ambitious roadmap so far for integrating environmental obje
 ctives into private and public financial decision-making – including as 
 part of the renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy and improved EU Semester 
 dialogue between the Commission and Member States. The Plan has been criti
 cized for a lack of fresh budgetary capacity. The Recovery Plan\, if it pu
 ts nature at its heart\, would solve that issue.\n\nJoin Finance Watch\, T
 he Club of Rome\, policymakers and expert speakers for an online conferenc
 e\, following the publication by Finance Watch of its new report\, Nature
 ’s Return\, to discuss some of the challenges of financing the restorati
 on and protection of nature:\n\n- Can the EU embed nature concerns in gove
 rnance at a high level\, similar to its existing policies on Energy Union 
 and Climate Action?\n- What are the limits and the potential for private f
 inance in protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services?\n- How should th
 e Recovery Plan be implemented to prioritize investments which restore and
  protect biodiversity and ecosystems\, reducing the risk of future pandemi
 cs?\n- How can the EU semester effectively integrate biodiversity into eco
 nomic and financial governance\, as proposed by the Commission?\n- What ar
 e the partnership options to reach our common goal – making finance serv
 e nature – in the coming years?
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LOCATION:Rue Ducale 67 b3 \, Brussels (Belgium) 
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