COP15, LinkedIn live interview with CEO Tim, NOAH Conference

What is COP15 and why does it matter?

COP15 - the lesser known but increasingly significant cousin of COP27. In 1992, the Earth Summit in Rio saw the creation of three conventions: on climate change, desertification and biodiversity. The convention on biological diversity will take place next month on 7 December in Montreal, Canada (moved from China due to Covid) and the parties are meeting for the 15th time (hence COP15).

Every 10 years, governments agree to new targets on protecting biodiversity. The last round was agreed at COP10 in Nagoya, Japan, in 2010, when governments pledged to halve the loss of natural habitats and expand nature reserves to 17% of the world’s land area by 2020, among other goals. They failed on every count.

This year, while COP27 shines the spotlight on biodiversity, we should all watch closely what new set of goals governments from around the world will be setting at COP15 to guide global action through 2030 to halt and reverse nature loss.

Save the date! Live interview with Xilva’s CEO Tim

This Thursday 10 November, our CEO and co-founder Tim Duehrkoop will be sharing in a LinkedIn live interview on Xilva’s journey and how we create impact. You will also learn about how companies and investors can find great forest projects that need funding Save the date and watch the livestream here.

Forest projects that need funding

Xilva’s goal is to help capital find good forest projects, and to help these forest projects achieve their funding needs. The forest projects in our pipeline range from the mature forests with current carbon credits for sale, to the greenfields in their early investment stage.?

Today, we’d like to share these two projects: Chhatapur working with local farmers in India to regenerate degraded land and improve farmers’ livelihood, and Courageous Land - a large-scale agroforestry and conservation project in the Amazon.

On their project pages, you will see the investment opportunities available for each forest project e.g. if there are forest carbon credits for sale, or if this project is seeking funds to scale, for certification, etc. and accepting a direct equity investment or a loan financing.?

Please feel free to share your feedback on the pages with us, or if you are interested in these 2 projects, contact us directly for more information.

Find forest projects online

Ready to see more forest projects? Yesterday, we launched a new filter function on our website.?

During our customer interviews, we found that “high quality” is the overarching criterion for projects, followed by these three other main criteria: carbon compensation, intervention types and geographic area. Try out the new filter and let us know how you like it!

The projects you see online are just a small selection of the thousand+ in our pipeline. Contact us if you don’t see one which meets your needs and we’d be happy to find a match for you.

NOAH Conference 2022

Lastly, we are thrilled to announce that Xilva will present at the NOAH Conference 2022 taking place on December 6-7 at The Circle, Zürich Switzerland.

NOAH is Europe’s #1 Growth Capital Fundraising Platform. Over its 2-day conference, it hosts 250+ high profile start-ups presenting to an audience of digital investors, family offices, corporates and impact driven organisations.?

The key objective is to fund sustainable tech solutions and empower collaboration within the natural capital ecosystem. Markets include: Conservation, KPI Systems, Carbon Markets, ESG Ratings, Recycling, Construction, Transportation, Education, Healthcare, Energy, Agriculture, Food and Water as well as Fair Finance.

We would love to meet you there and invite you to book your ticket today with a special 20% discount, courtesy of Xilva and the NOAH team. Book your ticket early, and we’ll see you soon!