e4n-final-report-3-nov2022-de3d171ae03e4506.pdf

The Economics for Nature (E4N) report details a six-year global partnership (2016-2022) led by the Green Economy Coalition, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership, the Capitals Coalition, and WWF France. The programme aimed to shift economic systems toward 'nature positive' models by making the value of natural capital visible in business, finance, and government decision-making. The report outlines key tools developed, lessons learned regarding the challenges of mainstreaming natural capital, and four 'frontiers' for future systemic economic reform to protect biodiversity and human wellbeing.

• The Economics for Nature (E4N) partnership, funded by the MAVA Foundation and running from 2016 to 2022, sought to drive system-wide change to protect and restore nature by integrating natural capital into economic decisions.
• E4N developed several analytical and educational tools to embed nature's value in decision-making, including the Green Economy Tracker, which benchmarks green economy progress in 41 countries, and the 'natural capital gap' analysis conducted in 20 countries to estimate costs for meeting selected SDGs.
• The partnership facilitated the creation of influential networks, such as Business for Nature (BfN), which represents approximately 400 private sector organisations in Convention on Biological Diversity negotiations, and the Natural Capital Expert Working Group.
• The report identifies that while the concept of 'natural capital' is contentious, it has been effective in making nature 'material' for business boards and finance ministries who prioritise numerical data over environmental concerns.
• There is a significant divergence between OECD countries and 'the South' regarding the integration of natural capital; richer nations are integrating these measures into policy, while others face limited 'fiscal space' and mounting debt-stress, necessitating innovative debt management like 'debt for nature' swaps.
• Analysis of COVID-19 recovery plans suggests that many governments missed opportunities to invest in nature; for example, a review of France's €100 billion recovery plan found it was likely to be only 'weakly positive' for nature, with only 27% of the budget expected to benefit natural capital.
• The report highlights specific national successes, such as Indonesia's Low Carbon Development Initiative (LCDI) which led to a moratorium on oil palm plantations on peatlands after natural capital accounts revealed peatlands were more extensive than previously thought.
• The African Development Bank (AfDB) launched the Natural Capital for African Development Finance (NC4-ADF) programme in September 2021 to mainstream natural capital into infrastructure finance and sovereign credit ratings in Africa.
• The report defines four 'frontiers' for future action: putting people (especially Indigenous Peoples) at the heart of nature positive economies, institutionalising common valuation frameworks, advocating for systemic economic reform, and scaling nature-based solutions (NbS).
• The report advocates for a new 'eco-social contract' and the legal enshrining of the human right to a healthy environment, noting that over 150 nations have already included some form of this right in their constitutions.

APA

Green Economy Coalition (n.d.). e4n-final-report-3-nov2022-de3d171ae03e4506.pdf. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/GEC-Reports/E4N-Final-report-3-Nov2022.pdf

Chicago

Green Economy Coalition. e4n-final-report-3-nov2022-de3d171ae03e4506.pdf. n.d. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/GEC-Reports/E4N-Final-report-3-Nov2022.pdf.

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BibTeX

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