The Next Wave of Climate Innovation: Starting and Scaling Nature-Based Solutions

​🌍The Next Wave of Climate Innovation: Starting and Scaling Nature-Based Solutions

​From forests to food systems, nature-based solutions (NbS) are emerging as one of the most powerful — yet overlooked — frontiers in climate innovation. Turning these ideas into scalable companies requires entrepreneurial vision, innovative finance, and investors willing to back new models for growth.

​This panel brings together global leaders shaping the frontier of NbS for a conversation about how capital, entrepreneurship, and measurable impact can converge to unlock the next generation of nature-positive innovation.

​Isabelle Foster — building WWF Impact’s venture platform to invest in early-stage nature-based companies tackling food loss and waste.

​Mike Kent — founder of New Leaf, pioneering blended finance strategies after leading climate investing at BlackRock and ClimateWorks.

​Natalie Urban — Director at Symbiosis Coalition, structuring carbon offtakes and investor partnerships, with past experience at Pachama, GI Partners, and Stanford GSB’s Impact Fund.

​Leif Gonzales-Kramer — Co-Founder and CEO of Working Trees, deploying silvopasture with farmers at massive scale across Brazil and the U.S.