Nature's Frontiers
The 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.
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dig-okr-10986394532023-09-12T18:35:46Z Nature's Frontiers Achieving Sustainability, Efficiency, and Prosperity with Natural Capital Damania, Richard Polasky, Stephen Ruckelshaus, Mary Russ, Jason Amann, Markus Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca Gerber, James Hawthorne, Peter Heger, Martin Philipp Mamun, Saleh Ruta, Giovanni Schmitt, Rafael Smith, Jeffrey Vogl, Adrian Wagner, Fabian Zaveri, Esha NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL RESOURCES EFFICIENCY AGRICULTURE CLIMATE CHANGE CARBON SEQUESTRATION AIR POLLUTION ENVIRONMENT TRADEOFFS PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY FRONTIER BIODIVERSITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS The 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. 2023-02-17T20:25:08Z 2023-03-06T16:11:26Z 2023-02-17T20:25:08Z 2023-03-06T16:11:26Z 2023-06-27 Book Livre Libro 10.1596/978-1-4648-1923-0 978-1-4648-1923-0 978-1-4648-1924-7 (electronic) Library of Congress Control Number: 2022920786 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/39453 en_US Environment and Sustainable Development series CC BY 3.0 IGO World Bank http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Washington, DC: World Bank |
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NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL RESOURCES EFFICIENCY AGRICULTURE CLIMATE CHANGE CARBON SEQUESTRATION AIR POLLUTION ENVIRONMENT TRADEOFFS PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY FRONTIER BIODIVERSITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL RESOURCES EFFICIENCY AGRICULTURE CLIMATE CHANGE CARBON SEQUESTRATION AIR POLLUTION ENVIRONMENT TRADEOFFS PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY FRONTIER BIODIVERSITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS |
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NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL RESOURCES EFFICIENCY AGRICULTURE CLIMATE CHANGE CARBON SEQUESTRATION AIR POLLUTION ENVIRONMENT TRADEOFFS PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY FRONTIER BIODIVERSITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL RESOURCES EFFICIENCY AGRICULTURE CLIMATE CHANGE CARBON SEQUESTRATION AIR POLLUTION ENVIRONMENT TRADEOFFS PRODUCTION POSSIBILITY FRONTIER BIODIVERSITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Damania, Richard Polasky, Stephen Ruckelshaus, Mary Russ, Jason Amann, Markus Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca Gerber, James Hawthorne, Peter Heger, Martin Philipp Mamun, Saleh Ruta, Giovanni Schmitt, Rafael Smith, Jeffrey Vogl, Adrian Wagner, Fabian Zaveri, Esha Nature's Frontiers |
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The 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. |
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Damania, Richard Polasky, Stephen Ruckelshaus, Mary Russ, Jason Amann, Markus Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca Gerber, James Hawthorne, Peter Heger, Martin Philipp Mamun, Saleh Ruta, Giovanni Schmitt, Rafael Smith, Jeffrey Vogl, Adrian Wagner, Fabian Zaveri, Esha |
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