Current Opinion in
Environmental Sustainability
– Special issue on biodiversity finance
The world is currently facing a major threat of biodiversity loss and there is a growing awareness that financial resources must be diverted towards meeting this threat.
In a special issue of Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Mistra FinBio researchers contributed to mapping out the current and fast-paced developments of research on biodiversity and finance. The editors brought together a range of scholars from different disciplines and different regions to showcase a selected portfolio of questions and methods.
The aim of this was to provide a reference point and an overview of what is currently being researched, as well as to look ahead and point towards new interesting directions, by organizing the collection around four sub-themes: biology, markets, governance and ethics.
Find out more about how FinBio researchers contributed to the issue in the videos below.
Editorial overview: External link, opens in new window.
Biodiversity finance External link, opens in new window.
How can we make financial markets speak the language of natural ecosystems? To answer this questions, this special issue maps out current developments of research on biodiversity and finance, and bring together a range of scholars from different disciplines and regions. Professor Joakim Sandberg is one of the editors.
Business and finance on a path towards meaningful biodiversity reporting? External link, opens in new window.
Corporate biodiversity reporting is critical for assessing planetary health and meeting biodiversity targets – yet current frameworks and practices remain insufficient. Doctor Shruti has examined the state of biodiversity reporting in this special issue.
Location, location, location: asset location data sources for nature-related financial risk analysis External link, opens in new window.
The decline of nature and biodiversity poses significant risks to our economy. While these challenges are location-specific, financial institutions cite a lack of geospatial data for nature-related financial risk assessments. In this issue, Christophe Christiaen led a review of different sources of asset location data.
Challenges and opportunities when assessing exposure of financial investments to ecosystem regime shifts External link, opens in new window.
Substantial changes in the structure and functioning of ecosystems can affect financial investments through the loss of natural resources that underpin most economic sectors. Doctor André Pinto da Silva proposed a potential pathway to link industries and products to the likelihood of ecological regime shifts.
The transformative potential of eDNA-based biodiversity impact assessment External link, opens in new window.
What if biodiversity impact reporting could be based on local data collected in an effective, affordable, and reliable way? Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis offers a powerful alternative. In this issue, Professor Fredrik Ronquist envisioned a new future for biodiversity impact reporting.
The ethical foundations of biodiversity metrics External link, opens in new window.
The tools used to measure biodiversity for conservation are not just scientific tools – they also include ethical assumptions that shape conservation outcomes. Eliza Nobles examined the normative dialog implicit in our conceptualisations and measurements of biodiversity.