New Financing Nature 2026 Report Offers Playbook for Financing Nature Protection at Scale

New Financing Nature 2026 Report Offers Playbook for Financing Nature Protection at Scale Wed, 09/23/2026 - 08:00 Subheader Case Studies Provide Playbook for Projects That Work Body NEW YORK, September 23, 2026 /3BL/ - The Paulson Institute, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today released Financing Nature Report 2026: A Mid-Decade Update: From Isolated Progress to Implementation at Scale, which underscores the importance of protecting biodiversity and assesses the current magnitude of the financing nature gap. Since publishing the first Financing Nature report in 2020, the financing gap has nearly doubled from $711 billion to $1.317 trillion a year. Drawing on practical knowledge from successful case studies by more than a dozen partner organizations, Financing Nature 2026 offers proven examples of how to close the financing gap and halt biodiversity loss by scaling nature-finance solutions. The report lays out more than just data points; it lays out action. "I’ve always believed that a healthy planet is good for business, and it’s far cheaper to prevent environmental damage than to clean it up afterward,” said Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Chairman of the Pauls