State of Finance for Nature Report

The State of Finance for Nature Report is an annual series published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) that tracks finance flows to nature-based solutions (NbS) and compares them with the finance needed to maximize the potential of NbS to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation. The 2023 edition, for the first time, estimates the scale of nature-negative finance flows from both public and private sector sources globally, identifying a significant finance gap for NbS. The report reveals that close to $7 trillion is invested globally each year in activities that have a direct negative impact on nature, while only $200 billion was allocated to NbS in 2022. The report underscores the urgency to address the interconnected crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation, and calls for a dramatic increase in both public funding and private investment.