Nature & Biodiversity Finance Certification

The Nature & Biodiversity Finance Certification is a free advanced-level, 25-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests nature and biodiversity finance — biodiversity loss and its drivers, ecosystem services and natural capital, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and its 30x30 and finance targets, the TNFD recommendations and LEAP approach, nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities, Science Based Targets for Nature, metrics and location-specific data, biodiversity credits and payments for ecosystem services, debt-for-nature swaps and blended finance, nature-positive investment and greenwashing risks, and Indigenous peoples' rights — written to TNFD, CBD, IPBES, SBTN and UN SEEA guidance for 2026 and 2027. Score 70% or more on its 25 questions to earn a verifiable Nature & Biodiversity Finance certificate (SOA-NBF). Every question is based on published standards and research — including TNFD Recommendations and LEAP approach (Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures), Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Convention on Biological Diversity), Science Based Targets for Nature (Science Based Targets Network) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Science of Apps offers a free Nature & Biodiversity Finance Certification, written for 2026 and 2027. It tests nature and natural capital, global policy and targets, TNFD and nature-related risk, nature finance instruments and corporate action and data with 25 original scenario questions in all, each naming its published source; you get an instant score and a verifiable certificate with a credential ID you can add to LinkedIn.

Read the five skill areas on this page, then take the 25-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a Nature & Biodiversity Finance certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: TNFD Recommendations and LEAP approach (Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures); Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Convention on Biological Diversity); Science Based Targets for Nature (Science Based Targets Network); Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES); System of Environmental-Economic Accounting: Ecosystem Accounting (United Nations); Living Planet Report (WWF). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Five skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Nature and Natural Capital (Biodiversity loss and drivers, Ecosystem services and Natural capital accounting); Global Policy and Targets (Global Biodiversity Framework, 30x30 and finance targets and Nature-positive goals); TNFD and Nature-Related Risk (LEAP approach, Dependencies and impacts and Risks and metrics); Nature Finance Instruments (Biodiversity credits and PES, Debt-for-nature and blended finance and Integrity and greenwashing); Corporate Action and Data (Supply chain traceability, Data and tools and Reporting practice). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Sustainable finance or ESG analyst, Nature and biodiversity specialist, Asset manager or bank risk professional, Corporate sustainability manager and Conservation finance or policy professional. It suits students at leading universities, career switchers and experienced professionals who want quick, verifiable proof of Nature & Biodiversity Finance knowledge in 2026 and 2027.

Sustainability-minded students in Europe, ANZ, Canada and the Gulf are targeting climate finance, net-zero strategy and nature markets. Passing earns a founder-signed Science of Apps certificate with a credential ID and QR code that recruiters can verify.

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures publishes recommendations, aligned with the TCFD and ISSB structure, that help companies and financial institutions assess and disclose nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities.

TNFD's four-phase process: Locate the interface with nature, Evaluate dependencies and impacts, Assess risks and opportunities, and Prepare to respond and report.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

25 questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — with a 25-minute limit. You need 70% (18 of 25) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Advanced: assumes years in the role or deep specialist knowledge. It has 25 scenario questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — and a 25-minute limit. You need 70% (18 of 25) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.