The 21 members of a UK-France government-initiated panel aiming to galvanise international biodiversity credit markets have been announced.
Representatives from International Union for Conservation of Nature, Science Based Targets Network and Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures are among them, according to a post by fellow member Philippe Zaouati, CEO of asset manager Mirova on LinkedIn.
In June, the UK and France announced they were planning an advisory panel that would present a concept of a global nature market at the COP28 UN climate summit in Dubai in December with a government-led secretariat.
“The panel aims to catalyse high-integrity biodiversity credit markets, involving both financial actors and Indigenous Peoples and local communities,” Zaouati said.
“The panel will draw lessons from, and build upon existing initiatives, and, as a first step, identify pilotable approaches that will lead the way for others.”
The panel will report at other international forums including the UN Ocean Conference in Nice in 2025, he said.
According to Zaouati, the other members are:
- Amelia Fawcett, chair of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and a non-executive director at State Street Corporation
- Sylvie Goulard, former deputy governor of the Banque de France
- Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO of the Global Environment Facility
- Razan Al Mubarak, president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28
- Erin Billman, executive director at Science Based Targets Network
- Robert Calcagno, chief executive officer of the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco
- David Craig, co-chair of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Ulrike Decoene, group head of communication, brand, and sustainability at AXA
- Mark Kenber, executive director of the Voluntary Carbon Market Initiative
- Akanksha Khatri, head of nature and biodiversity at World Economic Forum
- Johan Maree, co-founder of ValueNature
- Hiromichi Mizuno, former special envoy of UN secretary general on innovative finance and sustainable investment
- Jen Molnar, managing director at The Nature Conservancy
- Pauline Nantongo, executive director of Ecotrust – the Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda
- Tony O’Sullivan, chair of Pollination
- Mariana Sarmiento, CEO of Terrasos
- Almir Surui, chief of the Paiter Surui People
- Jennifer Tauli Corpuz, senior global policy and advocacy lead at Nia Tero
- David Vaillant, global head of finance, strategy and participations for BNP Paribas Asset Management
- Simon Zadek, executive director at NatureFinance
By Thomas Cox – t.cox@carbon-pulse.com
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