Upscaling Private Investment in Nature Based Solutions & Water

About this event

· Event lasts 4 hours

Upscaling private investment in Nature-based Solutions by valuing Water…

towards a Nature-positive and Climate-proof future

Location: Arcadian Thames (Kew/Richmond), Syon House, Brentford, West London, UK Date & Time: Thursday, 9 October 2025 | 13:00 – 17:00 Hosted by: Dutch Nature-inclusive Policy Collective / Thames Landscape Strategy.

Featured Speakers:

· Henk Ovink – Executive Director, Global Commission on the Economics of Water LinkedIn

· Paula Hewitt – Chair Thames Regional Flood &Coastal Committee LinkedIn

· Jason Debney – Coördinator Thames Landscape Strategy

· Thomas Viegas – Group Nature Lead, Aviva Insurance company LinkedIn

· Koos Biesmeijer – Director Naturalis Biodiversity Center

· Jannemarie de Jonge – Ambassador for Dutch Nature-Inclusive Policy Collective, Netherlands LinkedIn

Do you wish to attend? This event is for invitees only! It is only the combination of a ticket followed by an invitee letter by email from us that will give you access to the event. How it works: 1) To begin with Book a ticket here first on eventbrite. 2)Once we get your booking through here with your email details, you will receive an email within 7 working days from us with further information and confirmation of your invitation to attend. Any questions or problems email us at: nataly@natureatwork.net

Water is our future. To meet the water-related challenges of climate change — from floods to droughts to pollution — we urgently need resilient, large-scale green and blue infrastructure. Upscaling Nature-based Solutions (NbS) is key in this. But can we truly bridge the gap from traditional financial systems, spatial policies and publicly funded water and flood management to private investment in large-scale nature-based solutions serving multiple ecosystem benefits? How can we look at the value of water differently? How can we apply takeaways from the IPBES nexus assessment to help integrate investments in NbS for Climate and Biodiversity to restore the hydrological cycle? What is the role of green water in this?

Join us for an international exchange that brings together policy makers, the financial sector, and nature, water and climate experts to co-create scalable and investable Nature-based Solutions- projects for a sustainable future.

Focus Topics:

1. Nature-Inclusive Policies Having a look at:

· The Dutch Nature-Inclusive Policy Collective (a sectoral approach to Public-Private investments in biodiversity, water and climate)

· The UK’s new Nature market policies (Biodiversity Net Gain,, Nutrient Neutrality and Water Neutrality)

→ What’s working? What lessons can we learn and share?

→ What advantages does a sectoral approach have in supporting public and private sector action in transitioning towards a nature-positive economy?

2. Financing Nature-based Solutions Exploring financial models to scale water-focused Nature-based Solutions across urban and rural landscapes.

→ How can we engineer financial mechanisms that work in practice and deliver Nature Positive outcomes in the water domain? What role can voluntary and compliance biodiversity markets play? And financial mechanisms like Nutrient Neutrality, Carbon markets and Water Neutrality? What other instruments are available or needed?

→ What’s needed from both the policy side, and the financial sector to truly scale NbS impact across the water sector?

3. Icon projects for knowledge exchange What are good examples of large-scale NbS and Water projects and what lessons can be learned? What are innovative or proven financial models? And how can we exchange knowledge internationally?

→ Arcadian Thames - Thames Landscape Strategy and other examples in the UK

→ Nature-inclusive water & infra projects in the NLs.

Partners:

· Regional Flood & Coastal Committee and other regulatory bodies (UK)

· Environment Agency – Natural Flood Management Team

· Thames Landscape Strategy (UK)

· Thames Water (UK)

· Aviva (UK)

· Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature (NL)

· Nature-Inclusive Policy Program (NL)

· Various Dutch and UK banks, insurers and pension funds (NL)

Be part of a groundbreaking community that’s reshaping the future of finance, water, climate adaptation and nature restoration. Let’s bridge the gap — together.