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Temporary Environmental Finance Officer
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The economics and finance team within GESSP aims to identify and measure the economic costs, benefits and opportunities associated with biodiversity and ecosystem services. Increasingly, economic arguments in favour of conservation and more sustainable land and ecosystem management consist of identifying social costs and benefits and guiding incentives to encourage more sustainable, equitable development. The Economics and Finance team seeks to add value to conservation and sustainable use initiatives by identifying and facilitating public and private finance. Particular emphasis is placed on the development and promotion of innovative financial mechanisms and investment opportunities.
• Conservation and environmental finance related issues in ongoing IUCN projects and programmes at different scales:
- finance barriers in multi-functional landscapes – how to generate finance from different sources for public and private goods ecosystem services
- issues of financing protected areas in line with the benefits they provide
- tackling the biodiversity finance gap at national and global levels in national and global policy fora (UNFCCC, CBD, SDGs)
• Developments and trends in conservation finance globally
- describe and analyse recent developments in environmental and conservation finance by financial institutions, governments, NGOs, businesses
- assess types of finance, financial mechanisms and instruments, sources of finance and the blending of finance at different scales (landscape, national)
- examine particular financial mechanisms for biodiversity of particular relevance to IUCN
• IUCN’s comparative advantage in the field of environmental finance given its:
- vision and mission
- current structure and programme
- current project portfolio
The objective of this work is to address the lack of sufficient finance for the environmental goods and services that are essential for economic activity and human well-being. The EFO will identify opportunities to finance projects and activities with biodiversity and ecosystem benefits as well as commercial benefits and should explore how to bring together different sources and types of finance for complex projects with mixed public and private benefits, e.g. building the investment case at landscape level. Contributions will be in the form of applied research (data collection and analysis), drafting of policy papers and reports for knowledge uptake, and providing finance and investment insights throughout IUCN programmes and projects.
Deliverables:
1. A report on environmental finance within IUCN, the global landscape and recommendations for strengthening IUCN’s role and profile
2. Prepare and facilitate a workshop with relevant IUCN stakeholders
3. translates the analysis of IUCN’s role and capabilities in environmental finance into a fundable project concept, in close collaboration with IUCN’s Business and Biodiversity Programme
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• A Master’s degree in business, economics, finance or related discipline, with additional qualification in natural resource management, environmental studies or related discipline an asset • A minimum of 5 years of experience working in environmental and capital markets and/or sustainable finance • Good understanding of environmental issues, biodiversity and ecosystem service impacts and dependencies, and constraints to investment in sustainable land/ecosystem management • Experience liaising with finance professionals and financial institutions and, conversely, with conservation professionals and institutions • Fluent English. Knowledge of Spanish and/or French is an asset • Excellent interpersonal and networking skills, especially in multi-stakeholder contexts • Effective communicator (in writing and speaking) to a wide range of audiences • Must have the right to live and work in Switzerland and hold a valid C or B permit or be an EU or Swiss Citizen. |
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Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources and reach of more than 1,400 Member organisations and around 16,000 experts. It is a leading provider of conservation data, assessments and analysis. Its broad membership enables IUCN to fill the role of incubator and trusted repository of best practices, tools and international standards.
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