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NATURE-POSITIVE ECONOMY

INTRODUCTION TO NATURE-POSITIVE ECONOMY

Level: Introductory | Estimated completion time: 2 hours | Certificate upon completion

Skills: Defining nature-positive economies, valuing natural capital, identifying harmful incentives, linking policy reform to prosperity

What does it take to build an economy that regenerates nature? This foundational journey provides the answers. You'll explore why we must move beyond GDP to measure what truly matters, unpack the powerful economic case for nature, and discover the critical policy reforms needed to create jobs, resilience, and lasting prosperity.

Task 1: What is a nature-positive economy?
Task 2: Why do we need nature-positive economies?
Task 3: Recognizing nature’s value to the economy
Task 4: Policy reform as a pathway to nature-positive economies
Stop and check
Task 5: Measuring progress toward a nature-positive economy
Task 6: Benefits of a nature-positive economy
Task 7: Bright spots in nature-positive economies
Final test
Certificate of completion
REFERENCES

Additional Resources

Report
State of Finance for Nature 2023 (UNEP)
This report is an assessment of global public and private finance which flows into nature-based solutions and investment gaps to 2050.
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Report
State of Finance for Nature - Restoration Finance Report 2024 (UNEP)
This report tracks finance targeting nature restoration, highlighting funding needs and trends.
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Framework
SEEA Ecosystem Accounting (UN)
This UN statistical standard integrates ecosystem services and natural capital into national accounts.
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Tool
UN Biodiversity Lab
This data portal houses nearly 1,000 spatial data layers at the intersection of nature, development and climate, including many layers related to prosperity.
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Toolkit
BIOFIN 2024 Workbook (UNDP)
This workbook offers step-by-step guidance to design biodiversity finance strategies.
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Guide
The Nature Pledge (UNDP)
This guide offers a pathway to transform our global systems to meet vital targets to protect and restore our planet, eradicate poverty, and reduce inequalities.
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Website
Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (World Bank)
This global partnership supports countries in implementing natural capital accounting.
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Article
Harnessing Biodiversity: Integrating Natural Capital Accounting for a Sustainable Future (World Bank)
This article shows how incorporating natural capital accounting transforms biodiversity management
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Report
The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review
This groundbreaking report reframes economics to include nature as a crucial form of natural capital, making a case that existing economic models fail to account for nature’s value of nature, leading to its overexploitation and increased inequality.
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Toolkit
Nature Indicators (UNEP - WCMC)
These tools enable one to integrate nature into decision-making processes.
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