The objective of this group of activities is to introduce new and innovative financial mechanisms for the maintenance of the globe's ecosystems. IES is currently progressing this by:

• Developing replicable payment and incentive systems for the sustainable delivery of environmental goods and services,
• Stimulating market and/or treaty based investment programmes, including public-private partnerships,
• Assessing the feasibility, over time, to set up a global clearing house for the payment of environmental goods and services,
• Promoting eco-regional approaches as essential building blocks for the traditional world economy on the basis of targeted research involving quantitative economic models, case studies on particular eco-regions, and best practices.

Activities in this field

• The Perfect Storm: Trade, Finance and Climate in 2009
• Planet2025 Communities
• Planet2025 Network
• EcoSmartCard^TM (PDF 211KB)
• Eco-Insurance Initiative
• Guiana Shield Initiative (GSI) / European Working Group on Amazonia
• Central Kalimantan Peatlands Projects (CKPP)