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Led by the Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) Foundation and WWF-US, the project will create a stakeholder-driven framework across four pillars: mainstream companies, solution providers, real assets, and sovereign debt. Key outputs include implementation materials such as case studies and country profiles for GEF-recipient countries, and a peer-reviewed scientific article. 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The text notes that while rehabilitating nature and transforming food systems can yield returns between 6.8 and 51 times the investment, current financial flows remain misaligned, with significant funding still directed toward harmful environmental subsidies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"zca-000069#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Land-based solutions, combined with demand-side measures like waste reduction and dietary changes, could provide 50% or more of the cost-effective global mitigation required over the coming decades to limit warming to 2°C, with the highest potential in tropical developing regions of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"zca-000069#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Protecting and restoring nature can reduce the intensity of weather- and climate-related hazards by at least 26%, which could lower losses in developing countries by up to 25% by 2030, resulting in savings of at least USD 104 billion compared to a business-as-usual scenario.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"zca-000069#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Wetlands provide annual ecosystem services valued at USD 39 trillion, which is 36.7% of the 2023 global GDP. 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It argues that the financial sector is critical for redirecting global capital toward biodiversity protection, noting a biodiversity financing gap of $700 billion annually. To address these, the document details the 'Locate' phase of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) LEAP approach, guiding institutions through scoping, identifying dependencies and impacts using tools like ENCORE, and mapping intersections with ecologically sensitive locations. It provides practical examples from entities such as Banco de Bogotá, Banco Bolivariano, and Grupo Sura to demonstrate how spatial analysis and heat maps can identify material nature-related risks in investment portfolios.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000024#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Approximately 50% of global GDP depends directly on ecosystem services, yet the financial sector often underestimates the intrinsic value of nature, treating it as a mere economic resource.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000024#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a massive disparity between financial flows that harm nature and those that protect it; in 2022, private financial flows with negative impacts on nature totaled $5 trillion globally, which is 140 times the amount directed toward nature-based solutions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000024#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The global biodiversity financing gap is estimated at $700 billion per year, while capital generating negative impacts is calculated at $7 trillion annually.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000024#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Regulatory gaps create uncertainty for financial assets; for example, in 2019, the 'Nitrogen Crisis' in the Netherlands led to the suspension of 18,000 construction projects and forced livestock farms to sell properties due to sudden environmental regulation changes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000024#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Financial institutions face a 'knowledge gap' where a lack of technical expertise and a focus on short-term returns (often under 20 years) discourage investments in nature, which typically have longer horizons.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000024#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The TNFD's LEAP methodology (Locate, Evaluate, Analyze, Prepare) allows financial institutions to identify nature-related risks; the 'Locate' phase specifically requires identifying the geographic locations of portfolio activities to determine intersections with sensitive areas.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000024#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The ENCORE tool is highlighted as a key resource for financial institutions to analyze dependencies and impacts by subsector and economic activity, as used by Banco de Bogotá and Banco Bolivariano.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000024#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Ecologically sensitive locations are defined by four criteria: importance for biodiversity, high or rapidly declining ecosystem integrity, importance for ecosystem service provision (including indigenous lands), and high physical water risk.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000024#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Practical implementation by Grupo Sura involved using open data and the TRASE platform to identify that agricultural footprints in its food and beverage portfolio overlapped with national parks and indigenous territories.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000024#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["biodiversity","ecosystem service","natural capital","nature-based solutions","biobased economy","sustainable finance","deforestation"],"geography_discussed":["Netherlands","Europe","Japan","United States","Ecuador","Australia","Africa","Indonesia"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["barrier analysis","methodological guide","case study review"]},{"id":"transfor-000040","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/transfor-000040","title":"Los SARAS y la Naturaleza","publisher":{"name":"Transforma","organization":"transforma"},"document_type":"guide","language":"es","date_published":"2025","source_url":"https://transforma.global/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/260604-Cartilla-SARA.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document provides a methodology for Colombian financial institutions to align their Environmental and Social Risk Management Systems (SARAS) with Circular Externa 015 of 2025. It proposes using the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework, the LEAP approach (Locate, Evaluate, Assess, Prepare), and the ENCORE tool to identify, measure, control, and monitor nature-related risks and opportunities across their portfolios.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000040#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Circular Externa 015 of 2025, issued by the SFC, requires financial entities to integrate environmental and social (A&S) risk analysis into strategic planning and decision-making to ensure financial sustainability and business model resilience.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000040#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The SFC adopts a nature-based perspective for environmental risk, which encompasses climate as part of nature and includes risks such as soil degradation, deforestation, water scarcity, biodiversity loss, and social factors like human rights.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000040#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Circular Externa 015 mandates a four-stage management process for A&S risks: identifying risk factors and sensitive territories, measuring the total value of exposed assets, adopting control measures based on proportionality, and conducting annual monitoring.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000040#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The TNFD framework and its LEAP approach (Locate, Evaluate, Assess, Prepare) are presented as practical tools that align with the four management stages of Circular Externa 015, helping institutions manage nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks, and opportunities (DIROs).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000040#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The ENCORE tool is recommended as a starting point in the 'Locate' phase of the LEAP approach to map sectoral dependencies and impacts on natural capital (soil, water, biodiversity, atmosphere) without requiring the entity's own data.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000040#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document outlines specific applications for ENCORE within the SARAS process, including using it as an initial filter for materiality, defining client interface criteria for risk categories, and complementing reports for senior management and the board of directors.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"transfor-000040#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["biodiversity loss","deforestation","water scarcity","climate change","sustainable finance","human rights","natural capital"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["regulatory alignment","methodological guide"]},{"id":"zca-000074","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/zca-000074","title":"Finding economic value in nature beyond carbon","publisher":{"name":"Zero Carbon Analytics","organization":"zero-carbon-analytics"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2024-10-04","source_url":"https://zerocarbon-analytics.org/insights/briefings/finding-economic-value-in-nature-beyond-carbon/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The briefing highlights that ecosystem services are worth over USD 150 trillion annually, while biodiversity loss costs the global economy more than USD 5 trillion per year. It asserts that the economic costs of nature destruction often exceed the benefits of exploitation, citing examples like EU nitrogen pollution and the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone. The text emphasizes that nature-related risks are transboundary, where deforestation in the Amazon or Southeast Asia impacts regional rainfall and coral reefs. It concludes that investing in biodiversity is significantly more affordable than the energy transition to net-zero, though a funding gap of approximately USD 830 billion per year remains.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"zca-000074#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Ecosystem services are estimated to be worth more than USD 150 trillion annually, which is approximately 1.5 times the global GDP in 2023. Conversely, biodiversity loss is currently costing the global economy over USD 5 trillion per year, a figure comparable to the estimated cost for Europe to transition to renewable energy by 2050.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"zca-000074#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Major global economies have significant financial exposure to nature loss, with the US, EU, and China collectively having a combined absolute GDP exposure of USD 7.2 trillion. A World Economic Forum analysis indicates that USD 44 trillion of economic value generation—nearly half of global GDP—is moderately or highly dependent on nature.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"zca-000074#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The economic costs of destroying nature often outweigh the gains from exploitation. For instance, nitrogen pollution from agricultural runoff in the EU is estimated to cost between EUR 70 billion and EUR 320 billion annually, which is more than double the value fertilisers add to farm income. In the Netherlands, the environmental and health impacts of livestock farming cost EUR 9 billion a year, three times the sector's added value.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"zca-000074#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Nature loss creates transboundary economic shocks. Deforestation in Brazil and Bolivia altered rainfall patterns that intensified a 2015-2016 megadrought in Colombia, causing energy prices to rise nearly tenfold because hydropower provides over 70% of Colombia's energy. Additionally, sediment from Southeast Asian logging impacts 41% of global coral reefs, which otherwise protect USD 109 billion in GDP per decade from erosion and flooding.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"zca-000074#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The collapse of essential ecosystem services—specifically pollination, marine fisheries, and timber provision—could lead to annual global GDP losses of USD 2.7 trillion by 2030. Pollinators alone contribute between USD 235 billion and USD 577 billion to global agricultural production annually, and a 'pollinator collapse' is valued at a mid-point range of USD 1 trillion.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"zca-000074#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Conserving biodiversity is significantly more cost-effective than building a net-zero emissions energy system, with the required annual investment in biodiversity being only 15% of the energy transition cost. 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General government net debt as a proportion of GDP in countries like Kenya (70%), South Africa (69%), Nigeria (45%), and Ethiopia (35%) remains low compared to advanced economies such as the US (96%) and Japan (155%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001992#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Borrowing from capital markets is significantly more expensive for African governments than financing through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, costing 500% more. This resulted in an additional $56 billion in costs for debt raised from capital markets in the five years prior to 2021, exceeding the total official development assistance (ODA) to the continent in 2022 ($53.5 billion).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001992#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"High financing costs are a major barrier to the energy transition in emerging markets. In 2023, 90% of battery storage investments were concentrated in China, the US, and Europe; for every dollar invested in these regions, only one cent was invested in other emerging markets and developing economies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001992#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Current credit rating methodologies used by the 'big three' agencies (Fitch, S&P, and Moody's) are criticized for bias and subjectivity. 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Policy risks are increasing as nature, land, and food policies doubled in 12 months, potentially leading to stranded assets worth tens of billions of dollars.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000336#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Legal and reputational risks are manifesting in significant financial losses. BloombergNEF identified a total financial impact of $83.2bn across 10 companies due to mishandled nature interactions, while climate change court cases have more than doubled since 2017.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000336#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Physical and operational risks have caused direct financial hits, such as a 2012 US drought causing an 82% drop in earnings for one company and Tesla's Berlin-Brandenburg 'Gigafactory' facing delays due to groundwater impacts, which contributed to a 3% share price decline and put $36 billion of annual revenue at risk.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000336#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'blue economy' presents both significant risk and opportunity; while $8.4 trillion of assets and revenues are at risk over the next 15 years in a business-as-usual scenario, the sector is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2030.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000336#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Nature-positive transitions offer substantial economic potential, with the possibility of generating up to $10.1 trillion in annual business value and creating 395 million jobs by 2030.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000336#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant gap between corporate biodiversity claims and their policy influence, with 95% of analyzed companies belonging to industry associations that work to delay, dilute, or block biodiversity policy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000336#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["biodiversity","nature-based solutions","deforestation","blue economy","climate change litigation","natural capital","sustainable agriculture","carbon dioxide removal"],"geography_discussed":["Brazil","European Union","People's Republic of China","United States","Indonesia","Russia"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["risk assessment","financial analysis","policy briefing"]},{"id":"wwf-000733","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/wwf-000733","title":"RESPONSIBLE INVESTING GETTING UNDERWAY 2023 ASSESSMENT OF ASSET MANAGERS’ APPROACHES TO ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISKS IN SEAFOOD-RELATED INVESTMENTS","publisher":{"name":"WWF International","organization":"wwf-international"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024-06","source_url":"https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/154/7gjie6zfb1_Getting_Underway_2024_1406_FINAL.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The 2023 assessment by WWF reveals that while 31% of the 42 analyzed asset managers showed minor or moderate improvements in managing nature and biodiversity risks, specific action regarding the seafood sector remains low. Only one asset manager has publicly disclosed seafood-specific E&S expectations for investee companies. The report highlights significant gaps in expectations regarding sustainability certifications and supply chain traceability. It notes a positive trend in Japanese asset managers' progress, likely driven by national biodiversity and IUU fishing regulations. WWF recommends that asset managers formalize biodiversity risk statements into actionable policies, set time-bound sustainability targets, and develop targeted 'blue' financial products to support a sustainable blue economy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000733#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"A minority of assessed asset managers showed progress in managing E&S risks compared to the previous year, with 13 (31%) demonstrating \"minor or moderate improvements against last year’s baseline.\"","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000733#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant gap between general biodiversity acknowledgments and seafood-specific policies; while 83% of asset managers recognize biodiversity risks generally, only 19% identify the seafood sector as high risk, and only one manager publishes specific E&S expectations for seafood companies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000733#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Asset managers generally lack specific requirements for investee companies regarding sustainability certifications and traceability. Only 5% expect companies to obtain certifications like the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) or Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), and only one manager highlights supply chain traceability in public reporting.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000733#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Engagement with seafood companies remains largely ad hoc and lacks transparency. Although 92% of managers engage on general E&S issues, only 12% disclose specific engagement with seafood companies, and none of those disclose the progress of these engagements over time.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000733#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The development of 'blue' financial products is increasing but remains limited. While 86% of managers offer general ESG products, only 12% explicitly include seafood in this scope, an increase from three managers in 2022.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000733#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Japanese asset managers demonstrated the most consistent improvement in the assessment, with seven of the 13 improving managers (53%) and four of the six moderately improving managers (66%) being Japanese, likely influenced by national biodiversity strategies and the 2022 Act on Ensuring the Proper Domestic Distribution and Importation of Specified Aquatic Animals and Plants.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000733#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["biodiversity loss","aquaculture","human rights","natural capital"],"geography_discussed":["Japan","Europe","United States","Asia"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["assessment","benchmark"]},{"id":"iisd-000036","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-000036","title":"Financial Capital in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Trinidad and Tobago","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2024-05-23","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/financial-capital-trends-policy-implications","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The brief analyzes financial capital trends in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Trinidad and Tobago between 1995 and 2020, noting that while financial capital generally contributes positively to total wealth, Ethiopia and Trinidad and Tobago saw an increase in liabilities over assets toward the end of the period. It recommends diversifying debt financing sources, particularly for Trinidad and Tobago, and improving public debt management and governance to ensure long-term resilience.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000036#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Financial capital generally adds to the total wealth of the studied nations, with the exception of Indonesia. However, Ethiopia and Trinidad and Tobago experienced a shift toward accumulating more liabilities than assets near the end of the 1995-2020 study period.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000036#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The authors argue that accumulating financial liabilities is not inherently a threat to long-term well-being, provided they are managed to optimize future returns. 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It highlights a dangerous concentration of market natural capital in agricultural land for Ethiopia, and in oil, gas, and minerals for Indonesia and Trinidad and Tobago, while noting that non-market natural capital is threatened by climate change and population growth.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000119#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Natural capital management in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Trinidad and Tobago has been inadequate, with per capita market natural capital stocks showing stagnation or decline following the 2008 global financial crisis.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000119#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Market natural capital is heavily concentrated in specific sectors: agricultural land in Ethiopia, and oil, gas, and minerals in Indonesia and Trinidad and Tobago.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000119#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Non-market natural capital across all three studied nations is under threat, driven in part by climate change and population increases.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000119#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["natural capital","climate change","biodiversity","petroleum industry"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["trend analysis","policy assessment"]},{"id":"iisd-000160","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-000160","title":"Comprehensive Wealth in Trinidad and Tobago","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024-05-17","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/comprehensive-wealth-trinidad-and-tobago","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report argues that while GDP growth suggests sound economic development in Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2020, an analysis of comprehensive wealth reveals an unsustainable path. The country's wealth is heavily skewed toward the petroleum industry, leaving non-oil sectors like agriculture, fisheries, and forestry under-invested. Additionally, human capital has declined globally from 35th in 2009 to 46th in 2018, and financial capital contributes little to overall wealth despite sovereign wealth fund efforts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000160#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Trinidad and Tobago's economic path is considered unsustainable because half of its produced capital is concentrated in the petroleum industry, creating a risk of stranded investments as the global economy transitions away from fossil fuels.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000160#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The nation's human capital has experienced a decline in global rankings, dropping from 35th place in 2009 to 46th place in 2018 according to World Bank data.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000160#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Despite attempts to establish a sovereign wealth fund, the country's financial capital provides a minimal contribution to its total comprehensive wealth.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000160#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Overreliance on oil and gas has led to excessive investment in the petroleum sector, resulting in the neglect of other non-oil sectors such as forestry, fisheries, and agriculture.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-000160#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["gross domestic product","fossil fuel","stranded asset","petroleum industry","agriculture","forestry","natural capital"],"geography_discussed":["Ethiopia","Indonesia","Seville"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["economic assessment"]},{"id":"iisd-000272","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-000272","title":"Moving Beyond GDP Through Comprehensive Wealth","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024-05-17","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/comprehensive-wealth-moving-beyond-gdp","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report advocates for moving beyond GDP by adopting a 'comprehensive wealth' framework that measures natural, human, social, produced, and financial capital. Using data from 1995 to 2020, the report demonstrates that GDP often masks unsustainable development trends. In Trinidad and Tobago, fossil fuel reliance led to declining comprehensive wealth and well-being from 2008. Indonesia showed a decrease in well-being created per unit of wealth between 1995 and 2020. 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