Rebuilding Nature Launch Event

Panel 1 - market mechanisms to contribute towards 30|30|30

Chaired by Evan Bowen-Jones, MD Wilder Carbon and Co-Founder of Rebuilding Nature, this vital discussion will explore how market mechanisms can be designed and deployed at pace to help deliver the UK’s 30|30|30 ambitions (30% land and sea restored, contributing to 30% emissions reduction by 2030)  with integrity, ambition, scale, and urgency. The panel will examine the role of government frameworks, private finance, standards, and entrepreneurial models in creating investable nature.

Panel 2 - How, Why and When to Invest in Nature as Critical Infrastructure for a Stable Economy

Chaired by Danielle Mulder, this discussion will explore the how, why and when of investing in nature, through the lens of the financial system and major institutional investors. The framing of nature as critical infrastructure will be central — offering a unifying language to unlock both public and private capital. Key themes include what counts as “investment,” where it’s working, what's blocking scale, and how finance can support long-term, systemic resilience through nature-based solutions. 

Panel 3 - Nature as critical infrastructure – the Quid pro Quo’s 

Chaired by Stephen Elderkin, This panel flips the conventional framing of nature as something to minimise harm to and instead places nature and infrastructure in partnership. How can we design infrastructure that actively regenerates ecosystems, and how can we harness the benefits of nature to make infrastructure more resilient, adaptive and efficient? 

The conversation aims to inspire a systems-thinking approach among infrastructure clients, where nature is not a cost but a cornerstone of long-term value and resilience. 

This panel explores the mutual value exchange between ecological and engineered systems, and the systemic shifts needed to deliver resilient, regenerative infrastructure.