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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.

Natural Capital

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"Survey puts a value on natural capital of new woodlands"
This study provides quantitative evidence of the natural capital benefits of planting new woodlands in the UK. These benefits include not only the projected revenues of selling harvested timber, but also environmental benefits such as carbon sequestration and water storage that will provide benefits to society more broadly.

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"A new study in Nature Sustainability incorporates the damages that climate change does to healthy ecosystems into standard climate-economics models."
The study also shows that existing models have been underestimating the cost of climate damages to society by a factor of more than five. This reinforces the need for more aggressive carbon emissions efforts.

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https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/01/study-accounting-for-value-of-nature-reinforces-paris-cli...

How feeding squirrels fluorescent hazelnut paste can reduce global warming and improve biodiversity

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CLIMATE SEASONALITY AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR SOIL EROSION DURING SUMMER IN EXTRA-CARPATHIAN MOLDOVA

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Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction(PEDRR), United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), SDG Academy

Do you want to find out how nature can help in protecting people from disasters and solving the climate crisis? Then this free online course is for you! Learn what young people and teachers, policy makers, practitioners, businesses and engineers can do to get involved in our race against the… Read More

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ICYMI - On 11 January, the UK announced it will spend at least £3bn of international climate finance on nature and biodiversity over five years

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STATE AND USE OF LAKES FROM CENTRAL REGION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

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The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership(CISL)

Consultant required to produce a short briefing for CLG Europe The climate neutral and nature positive future for Europe’s landscape (Working title) CISL is inviting submissions for a competitive proposal for the supply and delivery to the University of Cambridge of the services set out in the… Read More