Expert panelists will discuss practical next steps for scaling sovereign biodiversity and adaptation finance. Sovereign debt pressures are rising in many climate-vulnerable countries. Government budgets are tight, biodiversity loss is accelerating, and public funding alone is not enough. The challenge is not whether new financing tools are needed, but how to design them so they work at scale in a changing geopolitical landscape. In recent years, debt-for-nature swaps and other blended finance approaches have shown that sovereign debt can be linked to conservation and adaptation goals. These efforts provide useful lessons about what makes deals viable and how incentives and accountability systems shape results.