Bankability of carbon projects with Gerrit Held from ADB

Nature restoration has a financing problem, not just an environmental one. In this conversation, ADB climate finance specialist Gerrit Held explains why the future of nature-based solutions may depend on a very different playbook: public-private partnerships, concessional capital, and projects that are commercially sound, not just high-integrity on paper.

From ADB’s role as a multilateral development bank to the practical realities of turning forests, mangroves, grasslands, and blue carbon sites into investable opportunities, this episode reveals how the bank is helping governments structure nature projects that private capital might actually back.

The Nature-Based Solutions podcast takes you all over the world, to carbon projects in Brazil and Indonesia, to Climate Week in New York and to businesses across the globe who are investing in nature-based solutions to climate change.

Expect animal encounters, business insights and inspiring stories of projects achieving the double aim of protecting biodiversity and sequestering carbon on the route to net zero.

Hosted by Dr Murray Collins and broadcaster Kim McAllister, now on their fifth series together, this podcast is both entertaining and informative, providing an accessible overview of the carbon markets and the industry at large.

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Check out Murray and Kim's other podcasts:
Scotland's Secret Space Race
Great British Lift Off
Edinburgh Space Data Capital
Inspired by Space