More than half of the world’s GDP – US$44 trillion – is at immediate risk due to nature loss. Fortunately, investing in nature allows us to not only mitigate future environmental catastrophes, it can generate over US$10 trillion in additional annual business opportunities and 395 million jobs by 2030.
The investment case is clear, but the investment gap is large. The regulatory and business environment needs to change to enable nature-positive business opportunities to deliver a competitive financial return. At the same time, businesses must act within their own operations and advocate to change the enabling environment for a nature-positive future.
This White Paper by the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Nature-Based Solutions charts out two complementary pathways towards financing nature and Nature-based Solutions, including:
- Eight actions by the private sector that can mainstream investments in nature, and
- Eight actions by the public sector that can create the investment case for nature.