"Forest Finance - Carbon, Biodiversity, and Beyond"

“Forest Finance – Carbon, Biodiversity, and Beyond“ is organised in partnership with the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Swiss Finance Institute (SFI), and the Center for Climate Finance and Sustainability at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in Lugano. Register here to save your seat.

The keynote speech at 16:30 talk will also be streamed online via Zoom, register here to receive the link via email

Programme

13:30 Registration

14:00 Welcome greetings
Clemence Dirac, Federal Office for the Environment
Michael Reinhard, Federal Office for the Environment

14:10 The State of Global Forest Finance - The Swiss Government Perspective
Keith Anderson, Federal Office for the Environment

14:40 Do Investors care about the Rainforest? Evidence from Voluntary Carbon Offsets around the World
Eric Nowak, Swiss Finance Institute and Università della Svizzera italiana, Center for Climate Finance and Sustainability

15:20 Can we apply the Carbon Offsetting logic to Biodiversity Credits to save Forests?
Peter Seele, Università della Svizzera italiana, Center for Climate Finance and Sustainability, Ethics and Communication Law Center

16:00 Coffee break

16:30 Keynote: Atmospheric Methane Removal by Trees: A new Nature-based Climate Solution
Vincent Gauci, University of Birmingham, Institute of Forest Research, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

17:30 Panel Discussion: (How) can we save the Forests and the Climate?
Keith Anderson, Federal Office for the Environment
Vincent Gauci, University of Birmingham
Eric Nowak, Università della Svizzera italiana and Swiss Finance Institute
Paula Palermo, NatureTech Collective and Università della Svizzera italiana

17:50 Atmospheric Forests - Immersion Studies for Climate Experience
Rasa Smite, Riga Technical University & FHNW Basel Academy of Art and Design & MIT Boston

18:30 Closing Remarks and Apéro