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Today, the Taskforce for Nature-Related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) released its first beta version of an integrated nature-related risk management & disclosure framework for market consultation.

Nature underpins the global economy. More than half of the world’s economic output – US$44 trillion of economic value generation – is highly or moderately dependent on nature. Yet most corporates, investors and lenders today are inadequately accounting for nature-related risks and opportunities.

Priority areas for further development of the framework include the Climate-nature nexus; Scenarios and timeframes; Scope of disclosures; Approach to materiality; Social dimensions; Defining nature-positive; Data, metrics and targets; and Sector-specific guidance.

Explore the framework & provide feedback via the new interactive TNFD platform.

Giving Nature a Boost

I recently read that ocean acidification levels will have a disruptive effect on marine ecosystems already over the coming two decades.

To prevent that, we need to stop atmospheric concentration asap.

Does somebody have more information about the thresholds which will endanger specific marine lifeforms?

To prevent that we need to stop atmospheric concentration asap.

Does somebody have more information about the thresholds which will endanger specific marine life forms at which pH threshold?

I read that pH 7.95 will be already very critical for plankton.

A collapse of the marine ecosystem needs to be prevented, no?

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Financing to Scale Up Nature-based Solutions

NEW RESEARCH

Basque Centre for Climate Change and GGKP developed an NCA methodology to assess the costs, benefits, and investment gap for achieving select natural capital-related SDG targets and applied it to 20 countries. The report found that for every nature-related SDG target analysed the benefits of investing in natural capital outweigh the costs.

By knowing which intervention will have the greatest impact in terms of natural capital and enhancement and financial return, this data can help governments and financial institutions prioritize their investments and meet their 2030 targets.

More from lead author Dr. Anil Markandya: ggkp.org/ZaY

Financing Nature-based Solutions

Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies out now

Biodiversity loss and financial stability

Healthy ecosystems provide "ecosystem services" (material and water supply, climate regulation, pollination, etc.) on which economic activities depend. Their alteration could disrupt economic activities with potential consequences for financial stability. For this reason, central banks and supervisors are taking an increasing interest in the financial risks associated with biodiversity loss (physical risk) as well as those potentially generated by the incompatibility of business strategies and models with economic and regulatory changes aimed at protecting biodiversity (transition risk). This post presents an initial analysis of the French financial system's exposure to these risks.