The recognition that economies are embedded within and dependent on nature is growing, with nature itself being seen as an asset to the economy. As the impacts of climate and biodiversity crises become...
Countries are increasingly adopting climate change framework laws to help them achieve their climate goals. Since 1998 - when the first law was adopted - 61 countries (and one regional bloc, the European...
The rapid evolution of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) is propelling us into the era of data economy, highlighting the urgent need for governments to establish robust national-level data...
Pakistan, a densely populated South-East Asian nation, is among the top 10 countries worldwide most affected by climate change and natural disasters. The country grapples with critical environmental issues...
Uzbekistan, a vast Central Asian nation of 36 million, has a robust economy with a remarkable 7.4 percent post-COVID growth in 2021. The country faces diverse climate-induced vulnerabilities such as rising...
The development objective of Sustainable Oasis Ecosystems Management Project for Morocco is to strengthen the sustainable oasis ecosystems management for climate resilience in Aoufouss and Akka Oasis and...
The Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Landscape Assessment (BELA) initiative, launched in June 2021, promoted the use of ecosystem-services-informed landscape analytics and project planning to enhance the...
International Development Association (IDA) participants requested that the World Bank develop a methodology to identify, monitor, and track nature-positive World Bank investments in support of biodiversity...
Ratings for the Ecosystems Service Improvement Project for India were as follows: outcome and Bank performance was satisfactory and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) quality was substantial. Some lessons...
This analysis focuses on potential changes in habitat quality and biodiversity under a business-as-usual (BAU) and an aspirational (ASP) scenario, and the difference this makes for cultural values, particularly...
Ratings for the National Innovation Ecosystem (GENIE) Project for Georgia were as follows: outcome was satisfactory, Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation (M and E)...
Introducing new data is important as we recognize the limitations of current entrepreneurship ecosystem methodologies, such as a lack in granularity, lack in geographic scope, lack in frequency, and expensive...
The ecosystem functional analyses questionnaire aims to gain a deeper understanding of the ground realities and challenges, as experienced by various stakeholders, in realizing entrepreneurship outcomes...
Productive natural ecosystems are being lost and degraded by poorly planned and managed commercial and small-scale livelihood activities in Zimbabwe, and threats will be further exacerbated by climate...
Over the past three decades, economic growth in Mexico has been sluggish, the result of meager productivity improvements. Indeed, Mexico’s entrepreneurship ecosystem is characterized by the limited entry...
Due to rapid urban expansion, the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is one of the fastest-growing climate challenges threatening Guangzhou’s future development. The highest temperature in Guangzhou can reach...
By translating new inventions to practical applications, societies address challenges in ways that unlock economic growth. In this way, innovation provides benefits not only for general knowledge or specific...
A large portion of the world’s population lives alongside coastlines and face increasingly high risk from natural hazards exacerbated by climate change. Conventional interventions to protect these highly...