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A major new report has called on policymakers to drive \u201csystemic change in financial systems\u201d to reduce damage to the natural world.<\/p>\n
In what one investor called an \u201chistoric moment\u201d, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES) approved its Methodological assessment report on the impact and dependence of business on biodiversity and nature\u2019s contributions to people.<\/p>\n
IPBES is often described as the nature-focused equivalent of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), whose research and recommendations underpin the Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n
This is the first time the body has dealt explicitly with the role of the private sector in one of its reports, and the findings are based on contributions from leading scientists, and approved by 150 governments.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor businesses to play a central role to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, the current conditions in which they operate need to be fundamentally changed to provide businesses with incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity,\u201d it concluded.<\/p>\n
To achieve this, governments and businesses must \u201cdrive systemic change in financial systems to minimise harm, address drivers of loss, and align returns with positive outcomes for biodiversity and society\u201d.<\/p>\n
Many of its key messages centre on measuring\u00a0the impacts\u00a0and dependencies\u00a0of businesses on nature. Various methodologies and data sets already exist, it noted, but their application and uptake are low and inconsistent among the private sector.<\/p>\n
The report culminated in more than 100 examples of how policymakers and businesses could start taking action.<\/p>\n
Thomas Viegas, the group head of nature at Aviva, said the findings were \u201ctoo clear to ignore\u201d, and that the paper\u2019s release marked an \u201chistorical moment\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe assessment highlights that while nature underpins all economic activity, biodiversity and ecosystem services are in steep decline,\u201d he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes clear that all businesses and financial institutions both depend on and impact nature, making nature degradation a growing systemic risk to economic, financial and societal stability.<\/p>\n
Yet most private sector decisions fail to account for nature, reinforced by economic and policy conditions that incentivise harmful practices far more than positive ones.<\/p>\n
IPBES\u2019s work comes just weeks after the UK\u2019s Institute for Sustainability and Environmental Professionals, which represents governments, business and finance, recommended that natural capital should be \u201cformally\u00a0recognised\u00a0as\u00a0critical national infrastructure\u201d.<\/p>\n
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