The second edition of the NATURANCE Festival will take place on 3–5 February 2026 at the Brussels Info Place Meeting Centre in Brussels, Belgium. Building on the outcomes of the first Festival in Laxenburg, this edition will bring together policymakers, researchers, financial institutions, and practitioners to explore insurance and investment opportunities for nature-based transformations.

The Festival will provide space for exchange between communities working on climate adaptation, finance, and nature-based solutions, showcasing emerging approaches to mobilising capital and managing risk through nature-positive strategies. Participants will reflect on lessons learned from ongoing initiatives, explore synergies among related projects, and identify practical pathways for scaling up implementation.

The three-day programme will move from policy discussions on day one, to financing and insurance solutions on day two, and conclude with legacy and future opportunities on day three. As the final edition of the Festival series, the Brussels event will also serve as a culminating moment for NATURANCE, capturing key insights, policy messages, and collaborative legacies that can inform future European action on nature-based finance and insurance.

Topics addressed during the conference include:

• EU & private financing frameworks for nature-positive action
• Innovative insurance, risk-transfer, and parametric resilience models
• Data, valuation & cost–benefit tools to support NbS business cases
• Investment readiness, markets & capital mobilisation for NbS
• Policy, urban action & citizen engagement to boost impact

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NATURANCE is a coordination and supporting action project funded under the Horizon Europe. The project will examine the feasibility and performance of combining disaster risk financing & investments with nature-based solutions through the creation of nature-based insurance & investment solutions (NBIS). The project aims to organise innovation finance and policy labs, analyse policy and governance conditions, assess risk-reduction performance of NBIS, and build awareness and capabilities for green financial innovations.