The experts provide inputs on both the supply side of the GDI focusing on biodiversity-relevant certification requirements for land management and the demand side of the GDI focusing on financing opportunities from business and the market.

FORBES: Nairobi meetings on green development certification

On the demand side, the Meeting explored three dimensions of securing additional financing for biodiversity through the GDI approach: using GDI certification within corporate biodiversity strategies and actions, bringing GDI-certified land management projects to market, and exploring the role of public funding for scaling up the GDI approach.

FORBES: Nairobi meetings on green development certification

Germany has become a leader in solar and wind through public-private financing mechanisms to finance energy innovation as well as strong demand side policies, such as the solar feed-in tariff policy adopted by the government in 1991.

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