Valuing Natural Capital

Setting the stage for nature-based solutions, this Solutions Paper presents the different issues and solutions that had been discussed during an event organised by the Geneva Macro Labs in September 2022. It provides an overview of various governance mechanisms to protect ecosystems, describing their mechanisms, effectiveness, and shortfalls in protecting the underlying natural asset, whether an individual (keystone) species or an entire ecosystem. It also discusses the potential of current governance mechanisms to support economic livelihoods for populations living with or in close vicinity to the ecosystem in question.