Policy Workshop: Addressing Biodiversity Loss with Sustainable Finance Solutions

Biodiversity loss has been ranked as the third most severe threat to humanity in the next decade by the World Economic Forum Global Risks 2022 Report. The provision of finance is crucial for achieving the ambitious goals set out in the Kunming-Montreal Global Diversity Framework and the EU’s 2030 Biodiversity Strategy. Funded under the Irish Research Council’s New Foundations Programme, this workshop taking place on 8 September from 9am to 3pm at the Chartered Accountants House, Pearse Street in Dublin, is one of the fact-finding events organised to explore how sustainable finance solutions can address biodiversity loss on the island of Ireland.

Organised by South East Technological University's School of Business and Queen's University Management School. 

Speakers include: 
Malcom Noonan - Minister for Heritage and Electoral Reform
Lucy Gaffney - Platform Development Lead, Business for Biodiversity Ireland
Paul Harris - Sustainable Product Innovation Lead, Bank of Ireland Group
Susan Rossney - Sustainability Officer, Chartered Accountants Ireland
Dr Shane McGuinness - Research Fellow at University College Dublin
Dr John Finn - Researcher, Farmland Ecology, Teagasc 

Register here before 1 September to attend.