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Public discussion · February 4, 2026

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Spending gap for nature-based solutions

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Speaker 1 argued there is a large global spending imbalance: for every dollar spent on nature-based solutions he said $30 is being spent on activities that destroy nature, and that recent figures such as $220,000,000,000 are only a fraction of global GDP. He framed the $220 billion as "pocket money" relative to need.

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Two unnamed speakers at a public discussion argued for scaling up nature-based solutions, highlighting a large spending gap between investment in such solutions and ongoing environmental destruction, and urged integrating green infrastructure into cities to reduce heat and improve well-being.

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