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USAID's Senior Climate Finance Advisor, Jacqueline Musiitwa, on the U.S. government's $150 billion climate finance investment goal, and target investment sectors.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) aims to catalyze $150 billion in climate finance by 2030. On the final episode of USAID Green Invest Asia’s monthly podcast on sustainable land use investments in Southeast Asia, USAID's Senior Finance Advisor Jacqueline Musiitwa discusses U.S. strategy to reach these targets through partnerships for nature-based solutions in agriculture and forestry.   

Full interview with director of investments at New Forests, a global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, about Tropical Asia Forest Fund, a closed-end fund investing in long-term investment opportunities in sustainable plantation forestry in Southeast Asia.

We talk to the director of investments at New Forests, a global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, about Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2, a closed-end fund investing in long-term investment opportunities in sustainable plantation forestry in Southeast Asia.

This final podcast of 2022 features Lestari Capital's  CEO Michal Zrust on market-based demand for conservation, and how corporates are collectively meeting climate goals through the conservation outcome purchasing mechanism Rimba Collective. Palm oil buyers and processors collectively support long-term, sustainable forest conservation and restoration through this mechanism, which  aims to collect US$1 billion to protect or restore 500,000 hectares of forest, supporting 32,000 individuals in forest communities in Southeast Asia, over 30 years, starting in Indonesia. Lestari Capital overseas these investments, which are channeled to conservation projects; contributions are correlated directly with procurement volumes.

Preview Green Invest Asia's final 2022 podcast featuring Lestari Capital's  CEO Michal Zrust on market-based demand for conservation, and how corporates are collectively meeting climate goals through the conservation outcome purchasing mechanism Rimba Collective. Palm oil buyers and processors collectively support long-term, sustainable forest conservation and restoration through this mechanism, which aims to protect or restore forests, supporting Southeast Asia's forest communities. Lestari Capital overseas these investments, which are channeled to conservation projects; contributions are correlated directly with procurement volumes.  

Climate Impact X’s (CIX) commercial director on Voluntary Carbon Market trends for climate-smart agribusiness in Southeast Asia, and how to increase supply of high-quality, transparent carbon credits. 

Tune in to this preview of Green Invest Asia’s next podcast with The Climate Impact X's (CIX) commercial director Bryan McCann on Voluntary Carbon Market trends for climate smart agribusiness and forestry, opportunities in carbon offsets for both sellers and buyers, needed carbon market improvements, and how CIX is working to scale the carbon market through increased transparency and improved quality of carbon credits. 

What exactly is gender lens investing? The Global Impact Investing Network's Southeast Asia advisor Maud Savary-Mornet helps define it,  explains the business case for it, focusing on some funds and initiatives trying to tap the multibillion dollar investment opportunity in the female economy, including the 2X Challenge, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and her own efforts launching a fund on gender and climate resilience.

Preview of podcast with The Global Impact Investment Network’s Southeast Asia advisor Maud Savary-Mornet who analyzes the business case for gender lens investing, faltering progress on SDG5,  and emerging market funds trying to tap a multibillion dollar investment opportunity, like the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s and her own work launching a fund on gender and climate reslience.