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dc.titleFinancing Nature: A Practitioner’s Guide to Results Metrics Selection
dc.contributor.authorLacey, Samantha
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, William
dc.contributor.authorPynegar, Edwin
dc.contributor.authorPutri, Tam
dc.contributor.authorHemmerlé, Emma
dc.contributor.authorBennun, Leon
dc.contributor.authorStarkey, Malcom
dc.contributor.editorWatson, Gregory
dc.contributor.editorMayerhofer, Eva
dc.contributor.editorGutierrez Henao, Carolina
dc.contributor.orgunitBiodiversity and Natural Capital Unit
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.date.available2025-11-12T09:08:03
dc.date.issue2025-11-12T00:11:00
dc.description.abstractFinancing Nature: A Practitioners Guide to Results Metrics Selection offers a voluntary, practical framework to support the selection of metrics for monitoring the outcomes of nature finance initiatives. It addresses common challenges faced by practitioners in identifying robust, context-appropriate metrics and provides actionable guidance to improve the design, implementation, and evaluation of nature finance instruments. By promoting the use of relevant metrics throughout the life cycle of financial instruments, the Guidance enhances adaptive management, strengthens market confidence, and supports alignment with global biodiversity goals, such as those outlined in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The Guidance helps practitioners articulate how financed activities contribute to nature outcomes by mapping objectives to impact pathways and selecting suitable metrics based on available data and capacity. The Guidance introduces a typology of metricsResponse, Pressure, and Stateto improve clarity, transparency, and comparability of reported results. It is applicable across a wide range of financial instruments (e.g., debt, equity, guarantees) and project types, including those aimed at conservation, restoration, or reducing drivers of nature loss. It also serves as a reference for stakeholders such as government, MDBs, financial institutions, advisors, certifiers, regulators, and rating agencies. The package includes the main Guidance document, a draft metrics framework, implementation templates, and a growing library of case studies. It is designed for flexible use, either as a complete process or through individual components tailored to specific needs.
dc.format.extent71
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013790
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Financing-Nature-A-Practitioners-Guide-Final.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectNatural Capital
dc.subjectFinance
dc.subjectEcosystem Service
dc.subjectDevelopment Bank
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectInvestment
dc.subjectFishery
dc.subjectWater and Sanitation
dc.subjectFinancial Bond
dc.subject.jelcodeG23 - Non-bank Financial Institutions • Financial Instruments • Institutional Investors
dc.subject.jelcodeG24 - Investment Banking • Venture Capital • Brokerage • Ratings and Ratings Agencies
dc.subject.jelcodeG28 - Government Policy and Regulation
dc.subject.jelcodeQ20 - Renewable Resources and Conservation: General
dc.subject.jelcodeQ30 - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: General
dc.subject.jelcodeQ56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth
dc.subject.jelcodeQ57 - Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services • Biodiversity Conservation • Bioeconomics • Industrial Ecology
dc.subject.keywordsNature Finance;Natural capital;Nature Investment;Results Metrics;Results Measurement;Nature-positive Outcomes;Evidence-based Action;Investable Solutions;Transparency and Accountability;Scaling Impact
dc.typeLearning Materials
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-LM-00773
idb.operationRG-T4771
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