As our webinar and follow up articles have highlighted, there are a range of pressures we must address for the future of Australia’s food and land use.

Climate change is commonly discussed as though it’s a uniquely atmospheric phenomena.

Responding to audience questions during our recent Climateworks webinar, the second article in our series outlines the challenges and benefits to measuring our natural assets and the services they provide.  Our world’s natural areas are under significant threat as demand for land for agriculture and urban development rises.

When did you start at Climateworks, and what led you to join?

From natural seawalls to mangroves, countries are starting to combat climate change with nature-based solutions.

Natural Capital Measurement Catalogue (NCMC) Version 1.0 aims to provide a consistent reference source for a comprehensive set of natural capital metrics and methods.

Read the English version Aksi iklim berbasis kelautan berpotensi mengurangi seperempat emisi gas rumah kaca (GRK) tahunan global, yang dijanjikan dalam Paris Agreement.

This week, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) released the final prototype of its beta framework.  Driven by a need to make nature visible in decision-making, the TNFD has emerged as a framework for businesses to act on nature-related risks and opportunities.  The TNFD is a voluntary, market-led approach that will see companies quantifying the dependencies and impacts of their activities on nature.  The framework is currently being developed by a global network of 40 representatives, with a consultative group of over 900 institutional supporters, from financial institutions, corporations and market service providers.

Our recent Briefing Room event explored the relationship between land use and nature.

Agriculture businesses working to improve natural capital, while reducing emissions, will be able to test common measurement frameworks and new incentives under the next phase of the Natural Capital Investment Initiative, which has secured three years of funding from the Macdoch Foundation.

Mitigating climate change entails a radical transformation in the food and land use system.

Dr Romy Zyngier outlines the Australian debate on the role that soil carbon capture and storage can and should play in mitigating climate change and in offsetting emissions.

Building on a recent Climateworks webinar, our Food, Land and Oceans team is kicking off a new article series.

The Natural Capital Investment Initiative has developed an open source prototype to define natural capital measurement.