Green Growth That Works: Natural Capital Policy and Finance Mechanisms Around the World

Rapid economic development has been a boon to human well-being. It has lifted millions out of poverty, raised standards of living, and increased life expectancies. But economic development comes at a significant cost to natural capital-the fertile soils, forests, coastal marshes, farmland-that support all life on earth, including our own.

Green Growth That Works is the first practical guide to bring together pragmatic finance and policy tools that can make investment in natural capital both ...