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Global Canopy targets the market forces destroying nature. This series of podcasts explores how companies and financial institutions can change direction to help biodiversity and protect nature, forests and people.

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A world that puts nature first: can the finance sector get us there?

April 28, 2026 • Global Canopy • Episode 13

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The finance sector talks about a nature-positive transition, but actual money flows don’t match the rhetoric. Nature-negative finance dwarfs investments to protect and restore nature.

So is the finance sector equipped to lead the charge towards a world that puts nature first? In this Question-Time style event, leading financiers, academics and thought leaders will debate how to get to a nature-positive world and whether finance holds the key.

As part of the 2026 Marmalade Festival and Skoll World Forum Global Canopy hosted a special Question Time style debate moderated by our Executive Director Niki Mardas.

On the panel were Pavan Sukhdev, Founder and CEO of GIST impact, Jenny McInnes, Climate and Finance Lead at Ostara, Alexandra Pinzon-Torres, Nature-Positive Lead, Global Canopy and Pajani Singah, Co Founder and Investment Director Amazonia Impact Investors.