Bankability of carbon projects with Gerrit Held from ADB

Nature restoration has a financing problem, not just an environmental one. In this conversation, ADB climate change specialist Gerrit Held explains why the future of nature-based solutions may depend on a very different playbook: public-private partnerships, concessional capital, and projects that are commercially sound, not just high-integrity on paper.

From ADB’s role as a multilateral development bank to the practical realities of turning forests, mangroves, grasslands, and blue carbon sites into investable opportunities, this episode reveals how the bank is helping governments structure nature projects that private capital might actually back.You’ll discover:

• Why ADB is treating nature as an economic imperative across Asia and the Pacific
• How PPPs can be used for long-term ecosystem restoration, not just roads and airports
• Why Pakistan, Bangladesh, Mongolia, and the Philippines are being tested as early markets
• What makes a nature project commercially viable, and why “bankability” is often the wrong word