Biodiversity Conference – Money Talks: Closing the funding gap for nature restoration

Europe has the funds to save its biodiversity, yet practical deployment remains a challenge. On 2 December 2025, the ELO Biodiversity Conference in Brussels brought together experts from the financial sector, policy makers, scientists, land managers, investors, and representatives of civil society to confront this paradox. The central question was simple yet urgent: How can we finance biodiversity today? How can we turn biodiversity ambition into investable, scalable solutions?