We are setting up the world's only Climate, Nature & Health financing Lab
How the Lab will work
The Lab will provide the institutional space, technical capacity, and seed funding needed to overcome persistent investment barriers at the intersection of climate, nature and health.
It will develop early stage, bankable solutions that formally recognize health alongside the environmental benefits of investing in climate and nature.
The Lab's theory of change is simple
IF science can develop the causal evidence needed to identify investment cases, and the frameworks and data structures required to measure environmentally-derived health benefits;
AND IF a structured incubator convenes scientists, practitioners, and financial innovators to embed this science within the design and issuance of investment mechanisms for climate, nature and public health;
THEN new revenue streams and financial incentives will be generated linking front-line biodiversity and climate action to people’s health and wellbeing.
EXPLORE THE SCIENCE UNDERPINNING THE LAB
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Attribution
Designing and testing frameworks that enable projects to credibly attribute the health benefits generated by pro-environmental management.
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Essential Health Variables
Developing data standards for measuring the contributions of conservation, ecosystem restoration and climate adaptation to human and animal health, at a project-scale.
What makes us unique
The only initiative solely focused on quantitatively valuing the contributions of positive environmental action to human and animal health.
Our work spans the whole value chain – ensuring expertise and accompaniment to both project developers and investors throughout the lifecycle of project.
We bring together organizations and individuals whose interests span ecology, economics, public health and finance, to create new opportunities at the intersection of these fields.
Our approach is being developed and piloted in Africa, in a way that can be readily adapted and scaled to other parts of the world.
Created in partnership with members of the Namunyak Conservancy in Samburu, Kenya, EFH is rooted in community leadership. Staying true to our origins, EFH commits to embracing diverse knowledge systems and ensuring that local communities are active participants and beneficiaries of our work.
EXPLORE THE LAB'S PILOT PROJECTS
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Water Funds
Partnering with The Nature Conservancy to measure the health benefits of watershed restoration projects, as a way of attracting new sources of investment into payments for ecosystem services.
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Sustainability-linked Bonds
Partnering with Nature Finance and the Lancet Countdown on Climate and Health to incorporate health key performance indicators into sustainability-linked bond frameworks.
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Natural Capital Accounting
Partnering with the Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Practice to determine how environmentally-derived health statistics can be incorporated into the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting.