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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 Climate Change, Natural Capital
In addition to COP26 in Glasgow at the end of October, today, world leaders are gathering in Kunming, China and virtually for the first phase of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15). Here's a quick recap of what you need to know about this Conference and what to expect from it.
Created a Post in Cities and Urban Development, Natural Capital, Water and Sanitation
San Francisco Greening its Streets
A Green Infrastructure 2035 Vision
Created a Post in Natural Capital
What's the role of economic instruments in driving the changes needed to halt and reverse biodiversity loss? Read more on the latest blog from OECD.
Created an Opportunity in Natural Capital, Sustainable Finance, Climate Change
Created a Post in Climate Change, Natural Capital, Sustainable Finance
Dear all,
CDSB launched a consultation on the Biodiversity Guidance.
The objective of the Biodiversity Guidance is to support organisations in preparing high-quality disclosures that enable users of mainstream reports to assess material biodiversity-related financial information.
We welcome your feedback!
'The world’s scientific panel on biodiversity needs a bigger role' IPBES, the international panel of leading biodiversity researchers, should be consulted on how best to measure species loss.
'A unified voice is powerful, and if scientists can present a united front, policymakers will have fewer excuses to continue with business as usual.'
Created a Post in Cities and Urban Development, Green Recovery from COVID-19, Natural Capital
The AIPH World Green City Awards are designed to champion ambitious nature-orientated approaches to city design and operation. Specifically, they seek to recognise public initiatives relying on a greater use of plants and nature to create better city environments – helping to fulfil local aspirations for improved economic, social and environmental resilience. The awards celebrate innovation, achievement, and commitment to the globally recognised imperative to embrace nature-orientated solutions that harvest the power of plants and associated ecosystems services to help address the major challenges facing cities today – or tomorrow.
AIPH initiated these awards to bring wide recognition to the value of plants in providing solutions for common city problems and create an enabling environment to shape and nurture a strategic shift in city governance and planning.
Entries are now open to cities for the inaugural 2022 edition of the AIPH World Green City Awards. AIPH and partners invite all cities, large and small, to showcase their ambitious actions for nature and enter today!
Created an Event in Natural Capital, Sustainable Finance, Green Recovery from COVID-19
Created a Post in Energy, Natural Capital
An energy transition that fails to engage with fossil fuel-producing countries and their needs could have profound implications for regional and international security and the stability of global energy markets. If oil revenues start to decline before producer countries have successfully diversified their economies, livelihoods will be lost and poverty rates will increase. In a region with one of the youngest and fastest-growing populations in the world, economic hardship and increasing unemployment risk creating broader unrest and instability.