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Natural capital encompasses the world's living and non-living natural assets. It forms the basis for environmental and economic life through natural resource production and the provision of ecosystem services. Natural resources are the foundation of social and economic development. Given the critical role they play in maintaining biodiversity and enabling green economic growth, safeguarding such assets could not be more pressing.
To incorporate natural capital into national green growth planning, it is critical for decision-makers to have access to information that reflects the quality, quantity and spatial configuration of natural capital assets. The utility of natural capital analysis for policymaking is ultimately dependent on the availability of information, which can be provided through data platforms and tools.
The GGKP’s Natural Capital Expert Group is currently exploring state-of-the-art methods, models, data and tools for mainstreaming natural capital in national green growth policies and practices. The group is leveraging global momentum for green growth in order to better value, protect and enhance natural capital in national economic decision-making.
Created a Post in Natural Capital
A study opportunity with GGKP partner UNU-FLORES PhD Researcher — Biodiversity Economics
Why Natural Capital analysis by NCC
Realizing the values of natural capital for inclusive, sustainable development: Informing China’s new ecological development strategy
Improvements in ecosystem services from investments in natural capital
Blue and Green Cities
Created a Post in Sustainable Finance, Natural Capital
Missing metrics: climate vs nature Data on nature-related risks is more complicated than for climate
Just like its precursor did in the climate space, the emerging Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has gathered significant mainstream finance sector interest. With a group of new members joining today - including the Brazilian development bank, BNDES, clothing giant H&M, and the world’s largest meat producer, JBS - the initiative’s Informal Working Group now totals 73 members, including over 40 financial institutions. But while the TNFD builds on the successful Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the new nature-focused Taskforce faces unique challenges: when it comes to data, metrics and methodologies, there are critical differences between climate and nature.
Created an Opportunity in Natural Capital
Save the date: Review of the second order draft of the chapters and the first order draft of the summary for policymakers of the values assessment
Report of the IPBES workshop on biodiversity and pandemics now available in laid-out format
Nature-based Solutions to 21st Century Challenges, published with Routledge, is out now