Nature: Does Finance Care?
summary
Nature loss already shows up in balance sheets: central-bank studies put it at 8–10% of global GDP, insurers see rising premiums and whole mortgages becoming unavailable when fire or flood risk makes homes uninsurable, and investors face higher cost of capital and asset repricing. Concrete failures include monoculture Norway spruce outbreaks from bark beetles, farmers resorting to manual tree pollination in China, and livestock consuming about 25% of antibiotics, driving resistance that raises health insurance costs. Regulation (CSRD), NGFS analysis and quicker 2025–27 targets are proposed fixes.
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