Finance Innovation Festival 2026 – press release
The Finance Innovation Festival – Insurance and Investment Opportunities for Nature-Based Transformations brings together policymakers, insurers, investors, researchers, cities, and civil society to explore how finance and risk-transfer mechanisms can accelerate the large-scale deployment of Nature-based Solutions.
INSIDERS series | Nature-Based Solutions and Insurance: Reducing Climate Risks with NbS
An overview of recent advances in assessing how Nature-Based Solutions reduce climate and flood risks, deliver social and environmental co-benefits, and improve valuation and catastrophe-modelling approaches relevant to insurers and policymakers.
INSIDERS series | Innovative Financing for Urban Heatwave Resilience
Urban heatwaves are a fast-emerging risk, yet financing for preparedness is scarce. The NATURANCE & MCR2030 webinar on 30 October 2025 explored parametric insurance, trigger-based financing and equity-focused tools aimed at strengthening urban resilience across Europe and beyond.
INSIDERS series | Financing Nature: Making the Business Case for Urban Nature-based Solutions
Insights from global practitioners on financing urban nature-based solutions, highlighting innovative investment models, blended finance, and the critical role of data and city ownership
Kick-off of INSIDERS series: Financial incentives as a strategy for promoting disaster resilience
Discover how the NATURANCE & E-STAG webinar explored financial incentives to strengthen disaster resilience and promote risk-informed investments worldwide.
Kick-Off of the CEN Workshop on Nature-Based Insurance and Investments
Find out how the CEN Workshop is setting standards and performance metrics to scale nature-based financial solutions across Europe.
Bridging the Gaps: Insurance, Equity and Nature in a Changing Climate
At a recent workshop, MCII and the NATURANCE team explored equity and fairness in climate resilience strategies, highlighting the need to rethink the core assumptions behind climate risk and natural asset insurance policies.
Harnessing Nature for Resilience
Learn how nature can be harnessed to build resilience.
Climate extremes and insurance: A world of uncertainty and opportunity
How climate change is reshaping the insurance landscape
Ecological Restoration Financing, the Derisking Landscape
The economic and environmental challenges posed by declining ecosystems.