From Risk to Resilience: Financing the Bioeconomy-Climate Transition
LSE Pankhurst House and Fawcett House, Clement's Inn, London WC2A 2AZ
About this Event
As the global economy moves beyond 1.5°C warming, we face compounding climate, nature and financial risks. This event will explore how strategic investment in bioeconomy solutions—across ecosystems, livelihoods, and infrastructure—can drive a more resilient and inclusive global financial system. The session will bridge two critical streams of work: (1) new research by NatureFinance and the IDB on the bioeconomy–climate nexus and its policy-finance implications, and (2) ongoing efforts to integrate nature and climate risks into macroeconomic, credit, and investment frameworks. By bringing together these perspectives, the dialogue will explore how to finance nature-positive, inclusive growth in a structurally warming and fiscally constrained world. It aims to identify pathways to scale equitable bioeconomy solutions that strengthen creditworthiness and macro-fiscal stability while advancing sustainable development objectives.
The event will cover:
• Launch and presentation of key findings of the new Bioeconomy–Climate Nexus Policy Paper.
• Explore how bioeconomy strategies intersect with nature risk, insurance and macro-fiscal stability.
• Discuss the implications for creditworthiness and risk innovation in an era of climate volatility.
• Highlight opportunities for UK–Brazil–Global South collaboration and scalable solutions ahead of COP30.
Speakers:
• Julie McCarthy, NatureFinance
• Gabriel Todt, IDB Invest
• Nicola Ranger, LSE
• Dorothy Maseke, FSD Africa
• Other speakers to be confirmed shortly
NatureFinance, Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics
About NatureFinance:
NatureFinance’s mission is to align global finance with an economy that works for nature, climate and people. Our work focuses on developing and implementing innovative tools, financial instruments and policy reforms that help countries address the vicious cycle of debt, climate and nature crisis and make financial systems and economies more resilient and adaptive in a rapidly warming world. We operate as a think tank and solutions lab, working in close partnership with a wide range of stakeholders including governments, financial institutions, development banks and civil society organizations.
About Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE
The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to create a world-leading multidisciplinary centre for policy-relevant research and training on climate change and the environment, bringing together international expertise from across LSE and beyond, including on economics, finance, geography, the environment, science, law, international relations, development and political science.
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