Sustainable infrastructure critical for protecting biodiversity

Development banks have to align support for economic growth with preserving nature

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White-headed ducks, a species at risk of habitat loss across Europe, at Lake Van, Turkey: Nature loss may be widespread, but not inevitable. © Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Alberto Ninio is general counsel for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and led its delegation to the 2022 U.N. Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, Canada.

A million species could disappear by 2050. Indeed, the world's growing biodiversity crisis could see half of all species become extinct by the middle of the century, with severe consequences for nature, people and economies.

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