Ep7 Real and high impact environmental financing, ft Jean-Marc Champagne

The Asia Climate Finance Podcast

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Summary. The conversation started with a discussion on bankable nature solutions. These are financially viable projects which support the development of more climate resilient and sustainable landscapes and economies. Their bankability enables projects to accelerate scaling and replication, realizing large-scale positive impact on nature and communities (WWF). We then took a deep dive into public and / or private financing examples and track record, as well as going through several examples of successful proof of concept projects,
About. Jean-Marc. Jean-Marc is the head of Bankable Nature Solutions for the Asia-Pacific region, which originates and develops scalable bankable projects with positive environmental and social impact. This includes overseeing project work in the region for the Dutch Fund for Climate and Development and leading finance and bankable projects for WWF’s global Freshwater Practice. He co-established the Climate Impact Asia Fund, a long-only equity fund, and sits on its investment advisory committee. Jean-Marc also advises institutional investors, lenders, and underwriters on the financial and economic risks and opportunities related to climate change and environmental issues. Prior to WWF, he spent 17 years in the financial industry advising institutional investors on equities and equity derivatives. He started his investment banking career in 1997 with Merrill Lynch in New York City and has been based in Hong Kong since 2004, working for BNP Paribas and Jefferies. He graduated from Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York.
Production and artwork: Joseph Jacobelli. Music: The Open Goldberg Variations, Kimiko Ishizaka. Feedback: [e-mail]

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Chapters

1. Ep7 Real and high impact environmental financing, ft Jean-Marc Champagne (00:00:00)

2. Jean-Marc and bankable nature solutions (00:01:04)

3. Finacing nature solutions and case studies (00:13:58)

4. The outlook (00:57:47)