Scaling Natural Capital Investment in Asia and the Pacific

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The TA will assist ADB DMCs in building capacity, developing policies, and mobilizing investments to enhance natural capital (stocks) and ecosystem services (flow), which underpin economic and environmental resilience and overall social well-being. The TA will do so by: supporting assessments to make the case for investments in natural capital; facilitating innovative financing arrangements; creating the enabling policy and institutional arrangements; and building capacity and partnerships and disseminating knowledge on natural capital investment opportunities and lessons. In line with ADB's EAP 2024-2030, the TA will support nature-positive investments and mainstream environmental sustainability focusing primarily on the Agriculture, Food, Nature and Rural Development (AFNR) Sector Group's pipeline and portfolio of projects and programs. The TA is aligned with ADB's Strategy 2030 and with the MDBs Joint Nature Statement and will have the following outcome: nature positive and environmentally resilient investments supported in Asia and the Pacific. The TA outputs comprise: (i) natural capital investment opportunities mapped, and strategic investment roadmaps developed, (ii) enabling policy and institutional capacity mobilizing investments in natural capital supported, (iii) natural capital investment products enhanced and promoted, and (iv) knowledge and capacity to develop and deliver natural capital investments strengthened. The TA will be financed by leveraging funds from within ADB and from partners.