Projects

The develoPPP “Financing Nature-based Solutions for a Just Transition” between GIZ and Triodos Investment Management is a public-private partnership aimed at strengthening capacities of market actors for financing and supporting holistic Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in Africa and Latin America.

Global ecosystems are in crisis, visible in biodiversity loss, land degradation, and a loss of ecosystem services, posing risks to human wellbeing and economic prosperity. NbS can address ecosystem degradation, combat climate change, and enhance livelihoods.

While international, especially European, investors are increasingly interested in biodiversity and NbS opportunities, to date, investments remain limited due to a lack of track record in the NbS sector, new capabilities required from investors, and a lack of shared language and understanding between investors and those looking for capital.

Our project will help to address these challenges through market analysis, identification of bankable businesses, capacity building for local financial institutions, and facilitated exchanges between relevant stakeholders to pave the way for mobilising private capital to finance nature. The project focuses on the agriculture, forestry, and nature restoration sectors in Kenya, Mexico and Peru.

The collaboration is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through its programme develoPPP.

The project was launched in July 2024 and will run until December 2026.

The projected outcomes are twofold. Trainings primarily targeted at local financial institutions build capacity on the financing of nature-based solutions in Kenya, Mexico and Peru. Combined with the development and dissemination of knowledge products Finance for Nature contributes to the development of the market. In addition, the identification, exchange with, and due diligence of specific projects and companies will help to attract EUR 12m into NbS projects in Africa and Latin America. These will unfold their impact related to carbon sequestration, sustainably used land, and job creation over the coming years.