Why biodiversity is everyone’s business

The author asserts that biodiversity loss is a critical business risk, noting that approximately $44 trillion of global GDP depends on nature. The text advocates for a transition to 'nature positive' business models—defined as restoring more natural capital than is consumed—and highlights the upcoming ISO standard on biodiversity as a key mechanism for global alignment and collaboration.

• Biodiversity loss creates systemic economic risks, including raw material scarcity, disrupted supply chains, water crises, food insecurity, and insurance collapses. Approximately $44 trillion, or nearly half of global GDP, is highly or moderately dependent on nature and its services.
• Biodiversity is essential for climate mitigation, as ecosystems such as oceans, forests, wetlands, and soils currently neutralize about 50% of human-made CO2 emissions. The author argues that achieving net zero emissions alone is insufficient to keep global temperatures below 2°C without preserving these carbon-storing ecosystems.
• The document proposes a 'nature positive' goal, which is described as a science-based, measurable global target to halt and reverse biodiversity loss through continued recovery, effectively creating more natural capital than is consumed.
• The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Annual Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, from 6-10 October is identified as a critical platform for collaboration, specifically regarding the development of an upcoming ISO standard on biodiversity.

APA

Spalding, A. (2025). Why biodiversity is everyone’s business. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/biodiversity-everyone-business/

Chicago

Spalding, Ana. Why biodiversity is everyone’s business. World Economic Forum, 2025. https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/biodiversity-everyone-business/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{spalding2025why, author = {Spalding, Ana}, title = {{Why biodiversity is everyone’s business}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/nature-and-biodiversity/biodiversity-everyone-business/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }