This report was prepared by Dominique Blaquier, Wiebke Bartz-Zuccala, Juan Casado-Asensio and Emma Raiteri. It was produced under the supervision of Jens Sedemund and Paul Horrocks, with guidance from Eva Beuselinck and overall leadership of María del Pilar Garrido Gonzalo.
The following authors developed the report: Dominique Blaquier and Juan Casado-Asensio (chapters 1, 2 and 3, and annexes), Wiebke Bartz-Zuccala and Emma Raiteri (chapter 4). Chapter 4 further benefitted from contributions from Emilia Stazi, Julian Kath, and Adam Lafon. Jens Sedemund guided the development of the overall report as well as the individual chapters.
It benefited from the inputs of several OECD colleagues: Laura Gutierrez, Olivia Cuq, Luis Cecchi (Development Center); Coralie Martin, Aussama Bejraoui, Cecilia Piemonte, Cécile Sangaré, Abdoulaye Fabregas, Noemie Benfella (Development Co-operation Directorate); Shunta Yamaguchi, Katia Karousakis, Edward Perry (Environment Directorate); Benjamin Michel, Santiago Wortman (Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs); Alonso Gonzalez Marentis, Juliette Schleich, Will Symes, Hugo Valin (Trade and Agriculture Directorate); and, Tomáš Hos, Daniela Diaz Ibarra (Total Official Support for Sustainable Development). In addition, the authors would like to thank Sokob Challener, Nataliia Lapshyna and Mireille Benicke for administrative support, as well as Katie Black, Joelle Bassoul and Stephanie Coic for communications, and Susan Sachs for copy editing.
The report was conceptualised with, and received steering and useful comments from, members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), the Environment and Development Co-operation Network (ENVIRONET) and its Friends of Biodiversity Group, namely: Austria, Australia, Canada, Czechia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
The authors are also grateful for feedback received from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Armenia, Bayer, Business at OECD (BIAC), Colombia, Global Environment Facility, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest, KfW, and Nestlé.
The authors thank the experts that spoke at the OECD’s workshop on Mobilising Private Finance for Biodiversity: Shaping Action and Tailoring Ambition for Development Actors, and side events from the OECD forums on Green Finance and Investment and on Green Growth and Sustainable Development, and at UN COPs, as well as to the stakeholders that participated in consultations throughout 2024-2025 that helped identify the added value and findings to shape the report.