31. Biodiversity risk and the law (Zaneta Sedilekova)

You may have heard of the concept of “biodiversity risk”, especially in the context of business. It has become increasingly widely used in recent years and the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is a recent development that has done a lot to popularize the concept. But what exactly is biodiversity risk and, for that matter, what is TNFD? Why has this topic been gathering so much steam lately, and what are some of the possible drawbacks of its progress?

With us to demystify these and related questions is Zaneta Sedilekova. Zaneta is a lawyer specializing in climate and biodiversity risk, based in the UK. She is director of the climate and biodiversity risk consultancy firm, Climate Law Lab and Biodiversity Risk Advisor at the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative.

Links to resources

• Biodiversity risk: Legal implications for companies and their directors- Recent report by Zanetta and colleague
• Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative
• TNFD- The Task force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures discussed in this episode

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