The Bank of France, together with the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research, Biodiversa+, the BiodivRestore Knowledge Hub and the CO-OP4CBD and RESPIN projects, has published a joint statement calling for stronger cooperation between science, finance and public institutions to address nature-related financial risks. Issued after the 10 June 2026 workshop on nature-positive finance, the statement frames biodiversity loss as an increasing threat to economic resilience and financial stability and argues that isolated action is insufficient. It sets out a shared aim to strengthen the science-finance interface and support a more coherent, evidence-based approach to nature-related risks. The statement highlights four priorities. It calls for deeper dialogue across science, finance and public authorities to improve understanding of nature-related dependencies, impacts and risks. It also urges greater use of scientific knowledge and expertise to inform financial sector analysis, methodologies and decision-making, alongside stronger cross-sector and multi-level governance cooperation to help align financial flows and economic systems with biodiversity objectives. In addition, it points to the need for enabling conditions for more resilient and nature-positive financial systems, including stronger analytical capacity, evolving tools and better knowledge sharing. The initiative is intended to bring together financial institutions, researchers and European biodiversity partnerships to support concrete ways of integrating biodiversity considerations into economic and financial decisions, in line with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Original source Back to tracker