Abstract

Restoring biodiversity will unlock environmental and economic benefits. How can the economic case for nature be made to investors? What business models are emerging around protecting and restoring nature? In this seminar, Siddarth Shrikanth, an expert in green investing, will discuss his book The Case for Nature: Pioneering Solutions for the Other Planetary Crisis. He will delve into his research on economic models to protect and restore nature, the potential and limits of market-based mechanisms, and the ways in which policy remains essential to balance financial, ecological and social outcomes. The seminar will be moderated by Alena Cierna, Senior Programme Officer in Nature Economy at UNEP -WCMC.

Siddarth Shrikanth is an Investment Director with Just Climate’s Natural Climate Solutions strategy, and a visiting researcher at Oxford University. He Siddarth studied Biological Sciences at Oxford and worked in corporate sustainability for McKinsey in London and Indonesia before moving to Hong Kong to be a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times. He gained a joint MPA /MBA from the Harvard Kennedy School and Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, during which he co-founded a natural carbon removal start-up and consulted for the World Bank and the Singapore government on environmental policy. In 2023 he published his book The Case for Nature: Pioneering Solutions for the Other Planetary Crisis.

In this lecture, Siddarth will delve into his research on economic models to protect and restore nature, the potential and limits of market-based mechanisms, and the ways in which policy remains essential to balance financial, ecological and social outcomes.

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