Today’s economic model has destroyed nature at unprecedented rates, accelerated inequality and the climate crisis and undermined financial stability and food security.
The pricing and valuing of nature could catalyse a nature economy where markets are nature positive and equitable OR, through inadequate governance, lead to accelerated biodiversity loss, climate change and inequalities.
7 ambitious Taskforce recommendations can be actioned by policy makers, market actors and citizens to catalyse a global nature economy fit for the 21st century - where markets work for people and the planet.
A nature market explicitly values and trades nature.
Asset markets trade nature assets, such as:
Intrinsic markets enable the trade of nature itself, such as:
Credit markets - Public purpose credit markets seek to satisfy compliance requirements or to conserve and invest in nature, such as:
Derivative markets trade financial products which directly reflect ecosystem values or ecosystem risks, such as:
The unprecedented shift towards nature markets must be harnessed to protect nature and deliver a Just Transition to a sustainable economy.
Read reportThe Taskforce on Nature Markets brings together a unique combination of perspectives and capabilities. It is guided by a remarkable group of members, drawn from indigenous communities, policy, legal and governance, market, technology and civil society.
Meet the members100% of today’s global economy is 100% dependent on nature.
In addition to the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe, nature includes all living things and the minerals under our feet. It is ever-present in the stuff of our homes and mobile phones, the movies we stream, and how we manage our health and consumption of energy.
Nature and markets are inseparable since nature is fundamental to all our economic activities.
Our real choice is not whether there should be nature markets – both long established markets, and those that are emerging – but rather how they can best be designed and governed to deliver equitable outcomes and sustainable positive impacts on nature and communities.
The unprecedented shift towards nature markets must be harnessed to protect nature and deliver a Just Transition to a sustainable, post-carbon economy.
The world has already lost a third of its forests.
At the same time, 2015 to 2022 saw the eight warmest years on record.
Our world is on the brink of a climate and biodiversity emergency. The disastrous consequences of our unsustainable overuse of nature for delivering economic prosperity are being realised around the world.
In response, nature is being increasingly valued and priced into markets, creating a historic opportunity to reset our unsustainable economy.
The pricing of nature could catalyse a nature economy where markets work for people and the planet or, through inadequate governance, lead to accelerated biodiversity loss, climate change and inequalities.
There is a small window to shape how these markets will evolve.
Correctly valuing and integrating nature into businesses and markets, with adequate governance, can drive the transition to a just and sustainable post-carbon economy.
Nature and climate are a ‘twin crisis’. They are indivisible when it comes to restricting the rise of global temperatures.
This is due to nature’s capacity to absorb and store carbon, its direct positive impacts on our climate, and its central role in securing livelihoods and food security.
Today’s economic model has destroyed nature at unprecedented rates and as a result, accelerated the climate crisis.
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