Beyond "Business as Usual": Biodiversity Targets and Finance

Biodiversity underpins all economic activities through the provision of a range of ecosystem services, and it is experiencing dangerous and unprecedented declines due to the current model of economic development. The world’s ecosystems have declined in size and condition by 47% globally compared...

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Source	https://resources.unep-wcmc.org/products/WCMC_RT161
Author	UNEP-WCMC
Maintainer	UNEP-WCMC
Last Updated	March 9, 2023, 14:15 (UTC)
Created	September 21, 2022, 11:40 (UTC)
GUID	unep-wcmc-rsrc-report-wcmc_rt161
Issued	2023-03-09T01:00:47.832Z
Language	en
Modified	2023-03-09T01:00:47.832Z
Publisher email	info@unep-wcmc.org
Publisher name	UNEP-WCMC
Theme	Report
avg_rating	4
citation	UN Environment Programme, UNEP Finance Initiative and Global Canopy. (2020). Beyond ‘Business as Usual’: Biodiversity targets and finance. Managing biodiversity risks across business sectors. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK, 42 pp.
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date_published	2020-06-29
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short_description	This report aims to enable a better understanding of the business sectors and financial mechanisms at risk from the loss of biodiversity and lay the groundwork for biodiversity-related target-setting by the finance sector. It sets out an initial approach to enable financial institutions to set evidence-based biodiversity targets aligned with international policy developments.