Nature, Climate, and the Economy
CSF’s Nature, Climate and Economy programme conducts research, convenes stakeholders, and communicates policy imperatives for putting nature and natural capital at the core of Sri Lanka’s post-crisis economic recovery, and its medium-term development pathways. Our work includes looking at innovative financing instruments for conservation and a green recovery, strengthening financial institutions’ environmental integration, nature-positive tourism development, and reorienting growth metrics towards environmental considerations.
Nature, Climate, Economy
Areas of Work
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Sustainable Financing for Marine Conservation in Sri Lanka
A project in partnership with Blue Resources Trust and funded by Oceans5 that unpacks relevant financing instruments for marine protected areas, educates stakeholders, and researches site-specific options.
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Environmental Integration in Financial Institutions
To what extent do Sri Lankan financial institutions consider environment - from the highest leadership levels, to the lending portfolio level? Our initial assessments provide revealing findings.
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Towards a Nature-Positive Economy
An incisive interview series with leading experts in environment, climate policy, and green finance
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Tourism Recovery and Environmental Pressures
A new research project that looks at national and sub-national issues, risks, and solutions on the nexus between tourism and nature
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Advocating for a Growth Model and Metrics that Prioritises Nature
Thought leadership on changing how we measure growth (moving beyond GDP), and economic approaches and that put environmental considerations at the centre of the economy
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NATURAL CAPITAL FORUM
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