Is there a way to put a dollar amount on pristine forests or marshlands? The United Nations believes so—and that the ability to do it might be a valuable step toward combating the slew of ...

Investing in natural capital, long understood by institutions to be about inflation hedging diversification and income, may also be among the most underappreciated means of delivering a better future ...

High-integrity carbon and biodiversity markets are scaling fast, transforming natural capital into one of the century’s most powerful asset classes. Unsplash+ Natural capital, the planet’s stocks of ...

What is the Natural Capital Data Hub? The Natural Capital Data Hub is a one-stop platform connecting users to the World Bank’s key datasets on wealth and sustainability—making complex data accessible ...

The four-yearly World Conservation Congress of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature has just taken place in Hawai’i. The congress is the largest global meeting on nature’s ...

McKinsey & Company released a new report, Valuing Nature Conservation: A methodology for quantifying the benefits of protecting the planet’s natural capital. The planet’s stock of natural assets is ...

Natural capital encompasses the natural resources that society and the economy rely on, such as soil, water, air, and the ecosystems associated with their plants and animals. The natural environment ...