Professional Certificate on Finance for Nature - 11 February 2026

Explore how finance can support a sustainable future for our planet

IUCN Academy introduces its Professional Certificate on Finance for Nature designed to provide professionals from all backgrounds and sectors with research-informed and practice-infused skills required to navigate the broad spectrum of the finance-nature ecosystem. 

Join this course to identify how the Nature-Finance Nexus is relevant to your organisation and develop a personal project (a policy, a product or a campaign) to kick-start change towards a nature-positive future.

About this course

Biodiversity is an indispensable component of life-support systems, but its importance has been neglected to a point that, on some estimates, one million species are now threatened with extinction, raising the spectre of a 6th mass extinction. To curb this trend, efforts have been made to translate the importance of biodiversity and nature conservation in financial terms. One such estimate suggests that USD 44 trillion of economic activity generated each year is highly or moderately dependent on nature (WEF, Nature Risk Rising, 2020). That is more than 50% of global GDP.

It is therefore essential to redirect economic and financial systems towards a nature-positive future.

Who should attend this course?

• Financial industry professionals
• Conservation professionals
• Government officials
• Private sector and environmental professionals
• Professionals from intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations

What will you get from this course?

• Understand the concept of nature as a natural capital asset
• Explore the basics of the relationship between nature, the economy and finance
• Recognise the drivers of nature loss and their financial implications
• Identify harmful subsidies and their impact on biodiversity
• Learn more about investing in nature
• Access a variety of rich scientific resources on finance-nature concept 

Course details

• 4 modules covering the link between finance and nature nexus
• Hybrid with self-paced e-learning and online sessions: 12 hours of live online sessions with course lead and guest speakers from the finance and nature sectors with sustainability case studies.
• Individual and group project to help you kickstart applying and integrating the UNI in your actions and plans.

Fees:

• Non-profit: CHF 1,450 | For-profit: CHF 1,950
• Discounts and partial scholarships available

Language: English | Professional Certificate awarded upon successful completion

Registration: OPEN