We energise, enable and empower leaders across all sectors of the economy to take action for nature.
We support businesses, financial institutions and governments, to ensure they have the knowledge, tools and capacity to measure and account for their impacts and dependencies on natural capital and so they can implement actions towards a nature-positive future.
Our team of leading experts work with our partners to build capacity for positive change for people and the planet. We support reform of policy, legal, planning and accountability frameworks, as well as helping to align financial flows to incentivise nature-positive and carbon-neutral outcomes.
UNEP-WCMC’s TRADE Hub project contributed to advancing sustainable agricultural research and policy practice across Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. The Trade, Development and Environment Hub (TRADE Hub) was a five-year project that significantly advanced research on agricultural commodities, wild meat and wildlife trade. Not only did it conduct research in over nine countries, but…
Record-level growth of investment in Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool will have real impacts for nature data
Under the Proteus Partnership, UNEP-WCMC has been exploring how companies can use supply chain sustainability initiatives and Landscape-level Approaches (LLAs) to conserve and restore landscapes along their supply chains and operations. Companies depend on nature, yet ecosystems across the world are being degraded. All businesses rely on healthy and functioning landscapes for their direct…
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