Funding the Nature GapFUNDING BY PILLAR300The Kunming-Montreal UN Global Biodiversity Framework aims toprotect 30% of Earth’s lands and seas by 2030 to reverse biodiversityloss. It has set forth 2030 and 2050 targets to maintain a functioningand healthy planet. It is estimated to protect and restore ecosystems,about $700 billion a year is needed until 2030, but current funding isonly $140 billion12 ⸀ Initial 昀椀ndings in the Climate Solutions Opportunity Map further highlight the funding gap in Nature conservation.Along with many growing partners worldwide, One Small Planetrecognizes and contributes to 昀椀lling the current funding gap inNature conservation.1 Paulson Institute, The Nature Conservancy, and Cornell University Atkinson Center for Sustainability. (2020). Financing Nature: Closingthe Global Biodiversity Financing Gap. Retrieved from Financing Nature.2 Climate Policy Initiative. (2021). Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2021. Retrieved from Climate Policy Initiative.PHILA N T H R O P I C F U N D20 23 A NNUAL REPORT250Funding ($ Billions)We believe Nature is a necessity no matter what lens we lookthrough. In 2019, the World Wildlife Foundation reported thatNature’s contributions to human well-being are worth at leastUS$125 trillion annually. Healthy ecosystems contribute tohealthy social, economic, and global systems.200150100≈3 %50EnergyTransitionFood &AgricultureNatureConservationThe graph showcases preliminary data from the One Earth ClimateSolutions Opportunity Map which is mapping $350 billion of globalprivate 昀椀nancial flows across the 76 solutions identi昀椀ed in the One EarthSolutions Framework. Alarmingly, the analysis reveals that Natureconservation is critically underfunded compared to the other twopillars. This sector, which includes protection of biodiversity hot spots,restoration of degraded ecosystems, and conservation of carbon sinkslike forests and wetlands, is not receiving investment proportionate to itsimportance in addressing climate change and biodiversity loss.13
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