Biodiversity
News
Tracking Economic Instruments and Finance for Biodiversity 2024
In its latest report, the OECD examines the economic tools available to governments for curbing environmentally harmful behaviors and promoting those that protect biodiversity. The aim of these “nature-based incentives”
The impacts of climate and energy policy instruments on forest bioeconomy
Jenni Miettinen and Markku Ollikainen examine how climate and energy policies affect the forest bioeconomy. The latter focuses on the sustainable use of forest resources such as producing renewable materials
Introducing the UNEP-University of Oxford Sustainable Budgeting Approach
The jointly develped UNEP-University of Oxford Sustainable Budgeting Approach (SBA) is a decision-support tool designed to help policymakers identify and resource strategic policy opportunities that promote national economic development while
Reports
Sowing seeds: How finance can support a just transition in UK agriculture
This report by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, informed by input from farmers, sustainability specialists and
Biodiversity, Natural Capital and the Economy: A Policy Guide for Finance, Economic and Environment Ministers (OECD)
This report provides the latest findings and policy guidance for G7 and other countries in four key areas: measuring and mainstreaming biodiversity; aligning budgetary and fiscal policy with biodiversity; embedding biodiversity in the financial sector; and improving biodiversity outcomes linked to international trade.
A multi-billion-dollar opportunity – Repurposing agricultural support to transform food systems (UNEP, FAO, UNDP)
Public support mechanisms for agriculture in many cases hinder the transformation towards healthier, more sustainable, equitable, and efficient food systems, thus actively steering us away from meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the Paris Agreement.
Policy Briefs
Review of approaches to tracking climate expenditure (Institute for European Environmental Policy)
This report by the Institute for European Environmental Policy provides an analytical review of existing practices to track climate-related expenditure, identifying a range of areas where current tracking systems differ in their practical application and the possible reasons for those differences.
Halve Humanity’s Footprint On Nature To Safeguard Our Future (WWF)
Humanity is leaving a large imprint on the world we all live in. This is what we call our footprint on nature. In the last decades, we have been using
Biodiversity and the economic response to COVID-19: Ensuring a green and resilient recovery (OECD)
This Policy Brief focuses on the vital role of biodiversity for human life and the importance of integrating biodiversity considerations into the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
