On 22 October 2026, local time, during the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17) held in Yerevan, Armenia, a Finance and Biodiversity Day event was convened at the China Pavilion. The event was guided by the Department of Nature and Ecology Conservation of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and jointly organised by the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Institute of Finance and Sustainability (IFS). Representatives from government departments, international organisations, financial institutions, enterprises, and social organisations gathered at the China Pavilion to exchange views on topics including resource mobilisation, nature markets, risk governance and disclosure, and blended finance, jointly exploring ways to close the biodiversity finance gap.

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