As we gear up for a critical decade #ForNature, we need to drastically increase funding for the nature-based solutions that will be key to tackling our triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.

As countries and companies build back from the COVID-19 pandemic, we must take this unique opportunity to scale-up finance and investment in nature-based solutions so that we can restore degraded land and tackle the climate and biodiversity crises while creating jobs.

The State of Finance for Nature: Tripling Investments in Nature-Based Solutions by 2030 report, to be published on May 27, will present the results of a global analysis that tracks investment flows into nature-based solutions and identifies future investments needed to meet biodiversity, climate and land restoration targets.

The report was prepared by UNEP, the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative, hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

When: May 27; 18:30-19:30 CET

Where: Launched as part of the WEF-hosted Climate Breakthroughs: The Road to COP26 and Beyond. Event details here.

World Environment Day on June 5 marks the official launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a 10-year drive to halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide. Find out more here and join in by becoming part of #GenerationRestoration.

A host of online and virtual events are already scheduled for World Environment Day. Stay up-to-date with the official event schedule here.

Check out the facts and figures on Ecosystem Restoration here.