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Nature's Frontiers: Achieving Sustainability, Efficiency, and Prosperity with Natural Capital

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dc.contributor.authorDamania, Richard
dc.contributor.authorPolasky, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorRuckelshaus, Mary
dc.contributor.authorRuss, Jason
dc.contributor.authorAmann, Markus
dc.contributor.authorChaplin-Kramer, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorGerber, James
dc.contributor.authorHawthorne, Peter
dc.contributor.authorHeger, Martin Philipp
dc.contributor.authorMamun, Saleh
dc.contributor.authorRuta, Giovanni
dc.contributor.authorSchmitt, Rafael
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.authorVogl, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Fabian
dc.contributor.authorZaveri, Esha
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-17T20:25:08Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-06T16:11:26Z
dc.date.available2023-02-17T20:25:08Z
dc.date.available2023-03-06T16:11:26Z
dc.date.issued2023-06-27
dc.description.abstractThe great expansion of economic activity since the end of World War II has caused an unprecedented rise in living standards, but it has also caused rapid changes in earth systems. Nearly all types of natural capital—the world’s stock of resources and services provided by nature—are in decline. Clean air, abundant and clean water, fertile soils, productive fisheries, dense forests, and healthy oceans are critical for healthy lives and healthy economies. Mounting pressures, however, suggest that the trend of declining natural capital may cast a long shadow into the future. "Nature’s Frontiers: Achieving Sustainability, Efficiency, and Prosperity with Natural Capital" presents a novel approach to address these foundational challenges of sustainability. A methodology combining innovative science, new data sources, and cutting-edge biophysical and economic models builds sustainable resource efficiency frontiers to assess how countries can sustainably use their natural capital more efficiently. The analysis provides recommendations on how countries can better use their natural capital to achieve their economic and environ mental goals. The report indicates that significant efficiency gaps exist in nearly every country. Closing these gaps can address many of the world’s pressing economic and environmental problems—economic productivity, health, food and water security, and climate change. Although the approach outlined in this report will entail demanding policy reforms, the costs of inaction will be far higher.
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-1923-0
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1923-0
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4648-1923-0
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4648-1924-7 (electronic)
dc.identifier.otherLibrary of Congress Control Number: 2022920786
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/39453
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEnvironment and Sustainable Development series
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectNATURAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectEFFICIENCY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCARBON SEQUESTRATION
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectTRADEOFFS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION POSSIBILITY FRONTIER
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.titleNature's Frontiersen
dc.title.subtitleAchieving Sustainability, Efficiency, and Prosperity with Natural Capitalen
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okr.date.disclosure2023-06-27
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-15T10:52:52.463961Z
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okr.identifier.docmidP170432
okr.identifier.report183392
okr.language.supporteden
okr.topicEnvironment
okr.topicAgriculture
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth
okr.unitGGSCE
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