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Enhance nature to help people adapt to change and disasters
Assessing feasibility and performance of solutions built on disaster risk financing and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) investments
The second Finance Innovation Festival took place on 3–5 February 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. Over three days, the Festival provided a structured space to connect policy ambition with market innovation, focusing on two critical pillars: insurance as a tool for risk transfer and resilience, and investment strategies to mobilise capital for nature-positive outcomes.
The three-day programme covered policy discussions on day one, financing and insurance solutions on day two, and concluded with legacy recommendations and local case studies on day three. Participants reflected on lessons learned from ongoing initiatives, explored synergies among related projects, and identified practical pathways for scaling up implementation.
Our ambition
NATURANCE project aims to encourage adoption of jointly elaborated equity principles, performance metrics and recommended approaches to analysis and design, in accordance with the EU framework for sustainable finance and the Just Transition Mechanism. To this end we will stimulate dialogues, knowledge sharing and mutual learning across different areas of policy and practice
The main objective of the NATURANCE project is translated into specific detailed and measurable objectives
Connecting existing major knowledge networks and fostering cross-domain knowledge
Seeking to assess existing and explore new areas for equitable insurance and investment solutions
Analysing policy and governance conditions that are conducive to sustainable and equitable innovative green insurance
Analysing models, methods, scenarios and metrics used for assessing risk-reduction performance of NbS
Build awareness and capabilities for green financial innovations, so to creating conditions for inclusive and transformative change
Latest project news and mentions in the media
At the Finance Innovation Festival 2026, experts provided policy recommendations to mitigate the risks and costs of climate inaction, urging structural reforms in finance and insurance systems to ensure a nature-positive future.
Representatives of the selected proposals from the second edition gathered in Brussels for the finale, highlighted by a keynote from Remco Moen Marcar and a speed-dating workshop that brought together nine other ongoing NbS projects.
The second Finance Innovation Festival successfully brought together stakeholders from across the entire finance innovation lifecycle.
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