Instituto LIFE has launched the 2nd Public Consultation of the International Standard on Sustainable Territorial Management, whose objective is to facilitate decision-making on the management of the territory -both at urban and rural level- that affects the state of natural capital, in order to...
Achieving a climate-resilient future requires rapid, sustained and far-reaching transformations in energy, land-use, infrastructure and industrial systems. Large-scale expansion of renewable energy can play a critical role in meeting the world’s growing energy demands and in the fight against climate change. However, even ‘clean’ energy...
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta’s review presents the first comprehensive economic framework of its kind for biodiversity. It calls for urgent and transformative change in how we think, act and measure economic success to protect and enhance our prosperity and the natural world....
The Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region enjoys an exuberant natural wealth; with 16% of the planets land, the region is home to 40% of the world’s biological diversity. This report investigates and provides a good overview of the regions efforts to mainstream natural capital...
The European Commission’s DG R&I and DG ENV and BiodivERsA are setting-up a European co-funded Partnership focussed on Rescuing biodiversity to safeguard life on Earth. Acting as an overarching platform and connecting national, local and European Research & Innovation programs this Partnership aims at achieving...
A recent report by Swiss Re Institute places Spain in the 15th position in the table of countries with the largest share of territory with its biodiversity and ecosystems in a fragile state among the 195 analyzed. This result derives from the analysis of the...
The report, "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: A business case for re/insurance", by Switzerland reinsurance company Swiss Re reveals that over half (55%) of global GDP is dependent on biodiversity and ecosystem services. It also shows that in a fifth of all countries, ecosystems are in...
Global Futures: Modelling the global economic impacts of environmental change to support policy-making The report Modelling the global economic impacts of environmental change to support policy-making report, by an Global Futures initiative, which is promoted by WWF, Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) and Natural Capital...
The report Global Futures: Modelling the global economic impacts of environmental change to support policy-making, by an Global Futures initiative, which is promoted by WWF, Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) and Natural Capital Project, considers the benefits that nature provides to all nations and industries through...
During its latest Council, members of the European Council recognise the importance of making domestic and international financial flows, including in public procurement, consistent with the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. The document also states that the EU and its member states will lead and step...
