Razan Al Mubarak and Mahmoud Mohieldin Discuss Nature-Based Solutions and Sustainable Finance for Thomson Reuters

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Razan Al Mubarak, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28 UAE, and Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP27 in Egypt, recently co-authored an op-ed underlining the importance of aligning finance and investment to protect, restore and sustainably manage nature for a secure future for all.

The article tackles both the topic of reducing how impactful our everyday lifestyle is, and the need for restoration through putting nature at the center of all strategies:

“To stabilise our planet, decarbonising our energy, transport and industrial systems will be absolutely necessary – but it will not be enough. Without urgently prioritising the protection, restoration and sustainable management of nature, the climate equation needed for net zero doesn’t add up. Simply put, climate strategies that don’t include nature are incomplete.”

This op-ed comes out amidst Climate Week NYC, where significant events highlighting the importance of nature and sustainable finance take place. Earlier this week, Ms. Al Mubarak participated in “Capital Mobilization for Nature: Towards a Nature Positive Economy,” a space dedicated to a report spanning the economic opportunity of Nature-Based Solutions, a topic on which the op-ed delves as well:

"Brazil is poised for the next phase of growth. Supportive government policy under Brazil’s Ecological Transition Plan is helping. Investments and lending in Brazil’s agriculture transition have been accelerating. New analysis of publicly reported deal flow by Capital for Climate shows that there was at least $1.67 billion of capital allocated to nature-based solutions in the country in the last 12 months”

Ms. Al Mubarak and Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin highlight the importance of the upcoming 24 months in regard to finance and energy transition, as COP29 in Azerbaijan and COP30 in Brazil approach.

Read the editorial by Mahmoud Mohieldin and Razan Al Mubarak at  Thomson Reuters.