The Trillion-Dollar Pivot – Rewriting Markets for Nature-Positive Growth

Wednesday 21 January 2026 15:30-17:30 CET

OCEAN ROOM

How can public money stop funding nature loss and start underwriting a nature-positive economy?

In a triple-COP year, this workshop explores how government financial incentives can unlock – or block – business leadership on nature. Today at least US$2.6 trillion in public spending still drives harmful outcomes. Redirecting even a fraction could reset market signals, level the playing field and mobilise capital into regeneration and innovation.

Through focused dialogue and concrete examples from governments, companies, investors and civil society, participants move beyond definitions to identify where coordinated, practical moves can flip finance from destructive to regenerative.

Co-moderated by: Eva Zabey, CEO, Business for Nature and Leah Seligmann, Chief Change Catalyst & CEO, The B Team

with:

Carmen Diaz, Chief People and Sustainability Officer, Holcim
Adrien Geiger, CEO, L’Occitane en Provence
Mats Granryd, Chair of the Board, Vattenfall
Hindou Ibrahim, Vice President, UNPFII
Ilham Kadri, Recent CEO at Syensqo, incoming Chair of WBCSD
Jennifer Morris, CEO, The Nature Conservancy
Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Government of Andhra Pradesh
Sunya Norman, SVP, Impact, Salesforce
Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO, Acumen
Jean Oelwang, CEO, Virgin Unite
Satya S. Tripathi, Secretary-General, Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet
Stientje van Veldhoven, Vice President and Regional Director for Europe, WRI (ex-Environment Minister for the Netherlands)
Patricia Zurita, Chief Partnerships Officer, Conservation International