Building a Nature-Positive Global Bioeconomy: The $30 Trillion Opportunity

Thursday 22 January 2026 07:30-09:00 CET

NATURE ROOM

Valued today at $4–5 trillion annually and projected to reach $30 trillion by 2050, the sustainable global bioeconomy represents a new model of prosperity built on renewable biological resources, turning living systems into engines of sustainable innovation, livelihoods, and resilience.

Brazil’s COP30 leadership and Brazil and South Africa’s G20 presidencies have established political momentum, beginning to scale financing pathways and building the evidence base around the bioeconomy. In parallel, the Government of South Africa and the African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA) have launched the Africa Bioeconomy Finance Hub as a pan-African platform, building upon existing high-impact initiatives.

This breakfast will consider how aligning policy, finance and data with emerging global frameworks can enhance competitiveness, unlock decarbonized and regenerative growth models and position the bioeconomy as a defining economic opportunity of this century.

Moderated by: Luana Maia, Lead, Global Brazil, NatureFinance

with:

Akim Daouda, Co-founder and CEO, Mwaana Inc.;
Guilherme Laux, General Coordinator of Sustainable Finance and Bioeconomy, Brazilian Ministry of Finance
Dorothy Abade-Maseke, Africa Lead, Nature Finance and Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD); Head, ANCA Secretariat, Financial Sector Deepening Africa – FSD Africa;
Michelle Ruiz, CEO and co-founder, Hyfé Foods;
Wang Yao, Director-General, International Institute of Green Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)