BEC Climate & Nature Theatre
Financing for Nature: Investing in Biodiversity Across the Indo-Pacific Corridor
12 Sep (Fri) Day 2 : 10:50 – 11:50
From dense cities to rainforest coastlines, Asia holds unmatched potential for nature-based infrastructure. This session opens with case studies showing how green-grey hybrids – combining engineered and ecological elements – can be both cost-effective and biodiversity-positive. The focus: scalable designs suited to cities and landscapes across the Indo-Pacific Biodiversity Corridor, from Yunnan to Myanmar, Thailand to Indonesia. A cross-sector panel explores how to bring these projects to life through finance, policy, and partnerships that align infrastructure with nature.
Speakers
Moderator
Sophie le Clue
CEO
ADM Capital Foundation
Sophie le Clue
ADM Capital Foundation
CEO
Sophie has worked for 30 years in the field of environmental protection and conservation, principally in the Asia Pacific region. She joined ADMCF a year after its founding in 2007, as director responsible for developing the Foundation’s environmental programme. Today, ADMCF focuses almost solely on environmental issues regionally, while maintaining some legacy children at risk projects. Its four strategic programmes include : Acting for Climate, Living Oceans, Water, Wildife Trade. In late 2021, Sophie stepped into ADMCF’s CEO role .
My Sustainability Goals for 2024
I hope to see the new Administration embracing Hong Kong’s environmental challenges to ensure our well being and a healthy environment . This will require setting aspirational goals as well as policy enhancements and reform across a broad range of environmental issues.
Christine Loh
Chief Development Strategist, Institute for the Environment
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Christine Loh
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chief Development Strategist, Institute for the Environment
Christine Loh is Chief Development Strategist at Institute for the Environment at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Scholar in Residence at Asia Society Hong Kong (2023-25). She serves on the boards of New Forests Pty Limited, and Towngas Smart Energy. She is a published author of many academic and popular works.
My Sustainability Goals for 2025:
To develop transdisciplinary studies with real world context.
Speaking at:
Day 1
Advances in Climate Science: Fine-Scale Projection for Managing Extreme Risks in Asia’s CitiesDay 2
Rethinking Water: Securing Hong Kong’s Liquid Lifeline Connecting Through Sport: Mental Health and Community Well-being Financing for Nature: Investing in Biodiversity Across the Indo-Pacific Corridor The Great Debate: This House Believes AI is the Most Impactful Tool in a Business’s Sustainability Strategy
Dindo Campilan
Regional Director for Asia & Hub Director for Oceania
IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature
Dindo Campilan
IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature
Regional Director for Asia & Hub Director for Oceania
Dr. Dindo Campilan has worked in senior leadership roles for over 20 years with the world’s leading international development and research organizations in agriculture, food and environment. He is currently Regional Director for Asia and Hub Director for Oceania of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest and oldest environment organization. He directs IUCN’s program serving 48 countries in Asia and Oceania to support government, non-government and private business sectors towards a nature-positive future for healthy planet and people.
Earlier he held similar leadership roles with: i) CGIAR international agricultural research centers, the world’s largest agri-food research and development network, and ii) International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN agency mandated to set global standards, develop policies and devise programs promoting decent work. He holds a PhD in Agriculture and Environment Sciences from Wageningen University in The Netherlands.
My Sustainability Goals for 2025
– catalyzing public-private investments for nature-positive sustainability goals and metrics
– mainstreaming the climate-biodiversity nexus in cross-sectoral sustainability agendas
Supported by
ADM Capital Foundation
Our mission is to understand how our environmental and economic systems are evolving, and to take those insights as a starting point to protect biodiversity, natural resources, reduce system stresses and build environmental resilience. Four themes permeate all of our work: biodiversity, natural resources, climate change and finance.