Biodiversity and Environmental Challenges for the Financial System

Alejandro Díaz de León, governor, Banco de México

José Sarukhán Kermez, coordinator, National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity.

Henry M. Paulson Jr., founder, Paulson Institute; Latin America Conservation Council (LACC).

• · What are the key characteristics of biodiversity-related financial risks?
• · What are the similarities and differences between the above and climate-related risks?
• · Why should financial institutions integrate biodiversity risks in their financial decision making?
• · How are central banks and financial regulators starting to assess said risks?

Robert Watson, Professor Emeritus, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia.

• · Steve Polasky, Regents Professor & Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecology/Environmental Economics, University of Minnesota.
• · Nick Robins, Professor in Practice - Sustainable Finance, Grantham Research Institute, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
• · Thulaja Thessa K Vasudhevan, executive, Bank Negara Malaysia.
• · Romain Svartzman, economist, Banque de France
• · William Harding, head of Implementation, the UN-convened Sustainable Insurance Forum.

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, executive secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity.

• · Katie Leach, senior program development manager, Share Action.
• · Margareth Kuhlow, finance practice leader, Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials, WWF.
• · Aaron Morales Apodaca, ESG Specialist, S&P Global Sustainable1.
• · Rolando Ocampo, director, Statistical Division, UN ECLAC.
• · Gemma James, senior lead, Environmental Issues, PRI.

Manuel Ramos Francia, director general, CEMLA

Partha Dasgupta, Fellow, University of Cambridge.

• · John Tobin, professor of Practice of Corporate Sustainability, Cornell University.
• · Eva Zabey, executive director, Business for Nature.
• · Anna Pot, head of the Responsible Investment team for Americas, APG.
• · James Belmont, climate risk lead, Baringa.
• · Onno van den Heuvel, global manager, the UNDP Biodiversity Finance Initiative – BIOFIN.
• · Nina Seega, research director, Sustainable Finance, Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership.

Gretchen Daily, faculty director, Stanford Natural Capital Project, University of Stanford.

• · How can capital markets generate investment opportunities that
• · What are the emerging practices or solutions?

• · Christopher Flensborg, head of Climate & Sustainable Finance, SEB.
• · Frédéric Samama, chief responsible investment officer, CPR Amundi Group.
• · Sandra Abella, director, eco.business Fund.
• · Iain Henderson, managing director, Sustainable Finance ADM Capital.
• · Greg Watson, principal specialist, Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, IADB.
• · Matthew Arnold, global lead, Impact Finance & Markets, TNC.

Ronald Cohen, chairman, Global Steering Group for Impact Investment

• · What are the innovative market instruments that integrate a sustainable use of biodiversity?
• · What impact-investment opportunities are being developed for land use and sustainable agriculture?
• ·What are the rights of indigenous communities as custodians of biodiversity?
• · What is the role of the financial sector in ensuring that the rights of nature and indigenous communities are respected?

Thomas Hertel, professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University.

• · Sergio Rial, CEO, Santander-Brasil.
• · Tammy Newmark, CEO and managing partner, EcoEnterprises Fund.
• · Paulina Campos Monteros, director of the Biodiversity Program, GIZ México.
• · Greg Fishbein, director, Agriculture Finance, TNC.
• · Andrew Mitchell, founder & senior advisor, Global Canopy.
• · Pierre Yves Guedez, senior technical specialist, International Climate Trust Funds, IFAD.

Pavan Sukhdev, president, WWF.

• · What are the main impact-investment opportunities associated with the restoration and preservation of marine and coastal resources?
• · How can we scale-up successful innovative investments?
• · Is a governance of the commons necessary?

Hon. Kirk D. M. Humphrey, minister of Maritime and the Blue Economy of Barbados.

• · Mariuz Calvet, director of Sustainability and Responsible Investment, Banorte.
• · Karin Berardo, director, Sustainable Debt, The Nature Conservancy.
• · Trip O'Shea, investment director, Sustainable Ocean Fund, Mirova Natural Capital.
• · Marisa Drew, chief sustainability officer, Credit Suisse.

• · Alba Aguilar, general director, Green Finance Advisory Council, Mexico.
• · Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia, president, TCFD Consortium.
• · Rafael del Villar, director, Environmental and Social Risk Analysis and Policies, Banco de México.