Publication: Scaling Up Ecosystem Restoration Finance: A Stocktake Report
Date
2022-11
ISSN
Published
2022-11
Author(s)
United Nations
World Bank
Abstract
Humanity is embedded in nature and
depends profoundly on the goods and services it generates.
Future economic development and well-being hinge on healthy
and resilient ecosystems that provide our food and raw
materials, drinking water, clean air, and the stability of
the climate system. More than half of the world’s gross
domestic product (GDP) is generated in sectors such as
construction and agriculture that depend on ecosystem
services (WEF 2020), making nature relevant not only to
policymakers, but also business and financial leaders. The
UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is an initiative led by
the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations,
which aims to drive the restoration of one billion hectares
of degraded land between now and 2030. The UN Decade is a
rallying call for the protection and revival of ecosystems
around the world, for the benefit of people and nature. Only
with healthy ecosystems can we enhance people’s livelihoods,
counteract climate change, and stop the collapse of
biodiversity. The UN Decade Finance Task Force (FTF),
chaired by the World Bank, aims to catalyze action which can
contribute to unlocking the capital needed to meet the
Decade’s goals. ‘Unlocking Restoration Finance: A Stocktake
Report’ is the first in a series of outputs of the FTF. This
report provides an overview of the current challenges to and
opportunities for increasing public and private investment
in restoration. It looks at innovative approaches to
financing restoration activities taken by actors in the
public, private, or non-profit sectors and the potential for
these to be replicated or scaled. The report also lays out a
draft roadmap of actions the FTF will take to overcome
challenges and contribute to scaling investment in restoration.
Citation
“United Nations; World Bank. 2022. Scaling Up Ecosystem Restoration Finance: A Stocktake Report. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/38311 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”