Central Banks and financial institutions could play a crucial role in getting biodiversity impacts incorporated into the financial decision-making process. Central Banks and financial institutions could rekindle the Planetary Boundary Framework efforts, identify no-go sectors and geographic areas for the financial sector, and the shadow banking sector alike. U.N. Food Systems Summit in Rome (September 2021)Italian prime minister Mario Draghi declared that the September U.N. Food Systems summit in September would promote better agriculture, sustainable value chains, and healthy lifestyles. Central banks, financial institutions, and global food companies can play a substantial role here. And we scientists don’t know how to do that.”With multi-disciplinary support, Central Banks and Financial institutions have a triple-witching hour opportunity to effect just that in 2021.

Source: Forbes April 18, 2021 01:40 UTC