The United Nations and the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) have launched an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will make it easier for countries to measure the contributions of nature to their economic prosperity and well being. Developed by the Statistics Division...
Governments have a significant role in creating an enabling environment for a capitals approach and safeguarding biodiversity. By facilitating a dialogue, governments from around the world can share best practices strengthen their enabling role. This paper explains what natural capital is, why it is relevant...
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today published its Global Typology of Ecosystems, the first-ever comprehensive system for classifying and mapping all ecosystems on Earth based on both their functions and composition. The typology allows for more coordinated and effective approaches to conservation...
Ecosystems are critically important components of Earth’s biological diversity and as the natural capital that sustains human life and well-being. Yet all of the world’s ecosystems show hallmarks of human influence, and many are under acute risks of collapse, with consequences for habitats of species,...
During the celebration of the fifth General Assembly of the UN Environmental Program (UNEP-5), it was presented the report Making peace with nature. The resulting synthesis communicates how climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution can be tackled jointly within the framework of the Sustainable Development...
The 30th anniversary edition of the Human Development Report is entitled The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene. The report argues it is time to redesign paths to progress by fully accounting for the dangerous pressures humans put on the planet. The document introduces...
The European Commission has published its latest assessment of the state of nature in the European Union. It highlights that 81 % of protected habitats are in poor condition in the EU and underlines the clear need for action if we are to have any...
In their report The Case for a Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, Global Canopy and Vivid Economics address hot the deterioration of nature, and society’s response to it, creates systemic and material risks for financial institutions – risks that are still largely not understood....
The Living Planet Report 2020 is the thirteenth edition of the report and provides the scientific evidence to what nature has been telling us repeatedly: unsustainable human activity is pushing the planet’s natural systems that support life on Earth to the edge. ...
The Future of Nature and Business Policy Companion outlines a series of recommendations for policy makers to ensure they protect, invest in, and rebuild natural capital in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper also recommends strong actions for policy makers to take to...
