The Nature of Subsidies - Biofin

EDITOR

OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ARE NOT SEPARATED FROM BUT EMBEDDED WITHIN OUR NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS. FOR DECADES, ADDRESSING THE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SUBSIDIES HAS REMAINED AT THE BOTTOM OF ACTION AGENDAS IN MOST COUNTRIES, EVEN AS THEIR GOVERNMENTS MADE FORMAL COMMITMENTS AND AGREED ON GLOBAL TARGETS TO DO SO. DESPITE THE URGENT NEED TO LIBERATE FUNDING TO REMEDY RECURRING CRISES AND FINANCE RESPONSE MEASURES, COUNTRIES HAVE TAKEN LITTLE ACTION TO REDIRECT FINANCES FROM ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMFUL SUBSIDIES BY REDUCING OR REDESIGNING THEM, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SMALL AMOUNTS OF FINANCE THAT PROVIDE POSITIVE INCENTIVES TO BIODIVERSITY, THEY REMAIN MARGINAL.

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DIRECTED BY DAN HOGDSON
PRODUCED BY JULIA ALCAMO & MARY PATTISSON
EDITED BY MIGUEL PINTO

IN COLLABORATION WITH HAPPENSTANCE FILMS, 2023