Series: ADB Data Room: Nature Solutions Finance Hub NSFH at the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) 17 November 2026 Turkey The Government of Türkiye will host the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) in Antalya from 9 to 20 November 2026. For Asia and the Pacific, COP31 is an opportunity to advance the preparation and financing of adaptation investments, strengthen access to climate finance for vulnerable countries, and demonstrate how development institutions can help turn national priorities into investable projects. The Nature Solutions Finance Hub (NSFH), an ADB-led multi-partner initiative for scaling nature financing, is part of the ADB participation at COP31. ADB aims to support the shift from climate commitments to implementation by highlighting investment-ready approaches, country-led planning, and partnerships that mobilize public and private capital. Aligned with this, the NSFH is organizing one side event—One Nature, Three COPs: Financing Nature Solutions for Climate, Biodiversity, and Land—on 17 November at 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. (GMT+3). Climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation are interconnected challenges addressed through the three Rio Conventions: the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Solutions often converge in the same landscapes and communities, and yet commitments are made and tracked in separate processes, and finance still tends to flow project by project. This side event will explore how the NSFH can connect these agendas through investment. Bringing together governments, financial institutions, and NSFH partners, including The Nature Conservancy, the OPEC Fund for International Development, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the session will examine how proven nature-based solutions can move from pilots to programs and how partnerships can catalyze needed financing around a shared pipeline. The session emphasize the role of partnerships in combining technical expertise, enabling conditions, and public, concessional, and private finance to deliver integrated outcomes for climate, biodiversity, land, and people. Below is an overview of the agenda, with more session details to follow soon. Program and Learning Materials 17 November 2026 Session / Activity Title Speaker(s) One Nature, Three COPs: Financing Nature Solutions for Climate, Biodiversity, and Land Welcome and Setting the Scene Yoko Watanabe, Director, Nature and Environment, ADB One Nature, Three COPs: Financing Nature Solutions for Climate, Biodiversity, and Land Host Country Perspective – Key Takeaways from UNCCD COP17 Mandakh Namkhairenchin, Director General, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Mongolia One Nature, Three COPs: Financing Nature Solutions for Climate, Biodiversity, and Land Host Country Perspective – Messages from CBD COP17 Nona Budoyan, Head of Climate Policy Department, Ministry of Environment, Government of Armenia One Nature, Three COPs: Financing Nature Solutions for Climate, Biodiversity, and Land Panel Discussion – Connecting the Three COPs through Capital: Financing Nature Solutions at Scale Stewart Maginnis, Deputy Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Eva Mayerhofer, Head of the Sustainability and Climate Policy Implementation Unit, European Investment Bank Felipe Lesmes-Palacio, Policy Advisor for Conservation Finance, The Nature Conservancy Gerry Parco, Director of Sustainability and Climate Change, OPEC Fund for International Development Nicole Kranz, Cluster Coordinator, German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) Panel moderator: Yoko Watanabe, Director, Nature and Environment, ADB One Nature, Three COPs: Financing Nature Solutions for Climate, Biodiversity, and Land Audience Interaction One Nature, Three COPs: Financing Nature Solutions for Climate, Biodiversity, and Land Closing Remarks Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, European Commission Disclaimer The views expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. 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