Economics for Nature (E4N) is a six year programme to put nature's capital at the heart of economics. This document provides an introduction to the E4N project, decribing the principles of natural capital, the importance of nature, and how E4N works. It also covers some examples of natural capital in practice, laying out the key ideas and highlighting the need for further developments in this field.

In a move that may reshape decision and policy-making towards sustainable development, the United Nations adopted a new framework today that includes the contributions of nature when measuring economic prosperity and human well-being. 

“These reports explore state-of-the-art methods, models, data and tools for mainstreaming natural capital in national green growth policies and practices,” said Paul Ekins, Director of the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources at University College London and Co-chair of the GGKP working group. “Our expert group leverages global momentum for green growth in order to better value, protect and enhance natural capital in national economic decision-making.”