The Verifiable Nature Unit - critical infrastructure for nature finance

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10/10/2025
16:00 - 17:00
Nature Positive Pavilion , Sur site

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The Verifiable Nature Unit: Join us as we explore how to move from pilot to practice — How a standardised, outcomes-based approach can unlock public and private capital for nature, and what’s needed to take it further.

Description de la séance

The Verifiable Nature Unit (VNU) is a standardised and independently verified outcomes-based funding mechanism that measures nature outcomes linked to ecosystem integrity. It underpins a range of nature finance instruments, including bonds, debt-for-nature swaps, grants, credits, nature-linked equity, PES schemes, and compliance markets. This panel, a follow-up to COP16, will reflect on progress made in developing the VNU approach, applying use cases, and lessons from initial pilot issuances. We’ll also explore what’s needed to make the VNU more accessible and investable—ultimately enabling more diverse capital to flow toward the protection and restoration of natural capital.
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African Parks
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Speaker

Speaker Helge Mahne

Director of Innovative Nature Finance, African Parks

Speaker Ruth TIFFER SOTOMAYOR

Senior Environmental Specialist, The World Bank

Speaker Gavin EDWARDS

Executive Director, Nature Positive Initiative

Speaker Martin STUCHTEY

CEO and Co-Founder, The Landbanking Group GmbH

Speaker Wendy ELIOTT

Senior Director Wildlife, Biodiversity Practice, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas 2021-2025

Speaker Lina OSMAN

Head, Sustainable Finance - Middle East, Africa & Pakistan, Standard Chartered Bank

Host

Speaker Helge Mahne

Director of Innovative Nature Finance, African Parks