CAF calls for more funding to protect biodiversity and tackle climate change

The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean calls for mobilizing public and private investment to conserve nature and strengthen climate adaptation. The entity highlights the role of science and financial instruments in reducing risks.

The manager of Climate Action and Positive Biodiversity at the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), Lina Mondragón, has called for the need to close the biodiversity financing gap and strengthen adaptation to climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean. The head of the statement made these statements on the occasion of COP17 on biodiversity, held in Yerevan (Armenia), where the entity presented progress and financial commitments aimed at protecting ecosystems and improving the region’s resilience to climate phenomena.

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