A New York Climate Week 2026 event, hosted by Conservation Finance Alliance, Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation, IUCN, and Morrison Foerster
Nature underpins the global economy, yet almost none of its value shows up directly on financial statements. Innovative finance solutions and a pipeline of investable projects are needed to bring Nature into the markets and to help markets align with Nature's needs.
Join the Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) and the Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation (CPIC) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for a late afternoon event and networking that brings leading voices in private and innovative finance together for a deep dive and active engagement. The event convenes investors, dealmakers, and visionaries to share the latest innovations, watch live pitches for nature-finance deals, and discuss how to scale and replicate nature finance.
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Welcome from Morrison Foerster
Fireside conversation on innovative nature finance CFA Executive Director David Meyers interviewing Clarmondial Founder and Director Tanja Havemann.
Report Presentation: Gaining Ground: State of Private Investment in Nature, 2026, Genevieve Bennett, Forest Trends
Panel: The state of private finance for nature: what's working, where capital is still hesitant, and what the next five years could bring
Tracy Farrell, IUCN - Moderator
Christopher Vangerven, NASDAQ
Kurt Holle, Director WWF Peru
Genevieve Bennett, Forest Trends
Kevin Webb, Superorganism
The CFA Incubator Showcase, a first look at investment-ready deals and concepts. David Meyers, CFA Executive Director - Moderator
Tanja Havemann - Mount Kenya Landscape Endowment
Harrison Carter- Lion Impact Bond
Patricia Chu - Mana Blue Planet Fund
Patrick Brown - Climate Commons Fund
David Meyers - Nature’s Sovereign Wealth Fund
Networking with nature finance innovators and actors.
The CFA Incubator is supported by Milkywire's Nature Transformation Fund, in collaboration with Klarna.
The CFA and CPIC would like to thank all of our partners for the CFA Incubator and this event:
