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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.

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Benjamin Simmons commented on Green Growth Knowledge Partnership's Event in Natural Capital, Climate Change
Startup Inside, United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)

On 16 February 2021 at 14:00 CET, Startup Inside, in collaboration with UNESCO and UNEP, is organising a global virtual conference dedicated to the theme of 'AI for the Planet'. Read More

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In three new reports, FAO and The Nature Conservancy share the potential of Nature-based Solutions in agriculture to deliver nutrition for people worldwide while restoring nature and the climate

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http://www.fao.org/land-water/news-archive/news-detail/en/c/1373864/

New maps of global forest carbon flux offer fresh insights for action — “A ground-breaking global set of forest carbon flux maps, which have just been released in the journal Nature Climate Change and made publicly available on the Global Forest Watch website... The maps paint a picture not only of where carbon loss is occurring, but also what’s driving it: they disaggregate the contributions of commodity production, shifting cultivation, timber harvesting or fire. That additional information will help decision-makers determine what kind of intervention is necessary...”

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Nature is our most precious asset. When economists are saying to value it or face ruin, it’s time to listen

Protecting biodiversity is not the preserve of environmentalists. It is an economic issue. It is a financial issue. It is a whole-of-society issue

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https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/opinion/covid-nature-biodiversity-economy-climate-chang...

According to WWF report, asset managers in Asia need to do more to address climate change and nature loss that put their portfolios at greater risk.

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United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), Chatham House, Compassion in World Farming

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Chatham House and Compassion in World Farming are jointly launching a new Chatham House report, ‘Food System Impacts on Biodiversity Loss’. Biodiversity, crucial to human and planetary health, is declining faster than at any time in human history.… Read More

UNEP publishes new study, "Adapt to Survive: Businesss transformation in a time of uncertainty" with six key actions business should take to find long-term success

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The Royal Society

Join economist Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta and Nobel-prize winning biologist Sir Venki Ramakrishnan to mark the publication of The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review. Commissioned by the UK Government, this independent, global Review will present a new economic framework, grounded in… Read More

New report out from WEF and McKinsey on natural climate solutions and their integration into countries' green economic recovery plans as well as corporate strategies. It confirms estimates that NCS can provide one-third of the climate mitigation to reach a 1.5- or 2-degree pathway by 2030—and at a lower cost than other forms of carbon dioxide removal.

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https://www.weforum.org/reports/consultation-nature-and-net-zero
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EU's Ursula von der Leyen calls for 'Paris-style agreement' for biodiversity

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen has pitched the idea of an international biodiversity agreement along the lines of the Paris accord. She called it urgent for the world.

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https://www.dw.com/en/eus-ursula-von-der-leyen-calls-for-paris-style-agreement-for-biodiversity/a-56...