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 experts provide a crucial update to the global Critical Habitat screening layer. In a paper published this month, UNEP-WCMC, alongside partner institutions, released a comprehensive update to the global Critical Habitat screening layer, finding a significant increase in areas defined as “Potential” or “Likely Critical Habitat”. In this case, “Critical Habitat” refers to areas…
We reflect on the nexus of nature and health and how it relates to business. In anticipation of the upcoming 2026 Nature Action Dialogues, we reflect on emerging nature-related themes impacting businesses. One key theme is health and nature. In 2025’s dialogues, UNEP-WCMC, together with Globalbalance hosted a roundtable titled “The Health–Nature Nexus: The Case…
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…
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