A Capital In|Flow with Impact Perspective by Constance de Wavrin, Founder of In|Flow
My heart was full when I was given precious time with His Eminence Kyabje Shyalpa Rinpoche at the CC Forum "Investment in Sustainable Development".
We discussed #peacefinance, the standards and principles-based frameworks available to create credible and transparent markets for emergent asset classes, the programmes and initiatives that can reduce fragility around food and water security, foster social cohesion to pre-empt conflict, alleviate the heavy costs of on-going wars, and design pathways for conflict resolution, recovery and resilience.
Marcel Smits is the wise peace strategist who educated me on the causes of conflict that inform the initiatives designed to improve outcomes. These often run parallel to climate investments:
🕊️Climate-smart agriculture and water security projects that can pre-empt conflict over sudden disaster-induced scarcity in fragile markets.
🕊️ Conflict-sensitive lending practices propped by credit enhancement tools provided by public and philanthropic organisations.
🕊️ Guarantees or risk insurance, extended on favourable terms, can cover losses or extend repayment periods under uncertain circumstances.
🕊️ Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) targeted to improve the design and implementation of development projects, incl. institutional strengthening, capacity building, and policy development.
🕊️ Cross-community enterprise development.
🕊️ Inclusive governance of shared resources.
🕊️ Gender-based violence (GBV) responsive health infrastructure.
As climate and conflict have become tragically enmeshed in migratory displacements, can we, today, transfer our learnings from structuring climate investments in order to finance and scale peace-focused use of proceeds?
On November 17th, His Eminence Kyabje Shyalpa Rinpoche will formally launch the Universal Peace Sanctuary Foundation with a conference and reception in Switzerland. Please contact Onno Pelser at onnopelser@peacesanctuary.org for more information.
May the practice of radical love and compassion serve to improve the stewardship of our inner and outer resources, help us transcend silos and build inspired multi-stakeholder consortiums fit to rewire finance for peace and prosperity 🕊️
