President Eliasch at Climate and Nature Finance Mobilisation Forum

Sep 22, 2023·Inside FIS

21/09/2023. Paris, France. 21st September 2023 - Rt Hon Claire Coutinho MP, Secretary of State for Energy Security & Net Zero, attends the SV Climate and Nature Finance Mobilisation Forum. His Majesty The King and President Macron were also in attendance at the Natural History Museum, Paris, France. Dan Dennison/ DESNZ

FIS President Johan Eliasch was invited by French President Emmanuel Macron and His Majesty the King Charles III to the Climate and Nature Finance Mobilisation Forum at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris to discuss with company chief executives and leading organisations on how to best support action on tackling climate change and nature loss in emerging and developing economies.

The gathering brought together key figures from the private and public sector to identify how to go faster to mobilise investment and financing to deploy climate and nature solutions.

The participants at the Forum discussed practical actions that investors and companies are already taking to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss and what more can be done to increase investment particularly in emerging markets and developing economies.

President Eliasch presented the FIS Rainforest Initiative and FIS’ commitment to investing in communities in Peru by supporting the charity Cool Earth. He highlighted that the deforestation project focuses on educating local young people to become tomorrow’s successful farmers and protectors of the rainforest and that by off-setting its total carbon footprint many times over through the Rainforest Initiative, FIS has become the world’s first Climate Positive sports federation.

The panel has underlined that we are on the right track with our FIS Rainforest Initiative. Up to 20 per cent of global emissions are accounted for by rainforest destruction. By giving direct to communities in Peru to conserve these vital forests, we make a significant difference to global emissions and strengthen biodiversity. This fight can’t be left to governments and policymakers alone. We have a responsibility to help preserve the habitats on which our sport depends – and we continue to take that responsibility very seriously.– Johan Eliasch, FIS President