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»Die Einbindung von Unternehmen ist entscheidend für wirksamen Biodiversitätsschutz«

IPBES-Bericht, 8.2.2026 (engl. Original)

Biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people underpin the economy, so all businesses depend, directly or indirectly, on biodiversity. From 1820 to 2022, the global economy grew from $1.18 to $130.11 trillion (measured in 2011 constant dollars). Businesses played a central role in this growth. However, failure to account for nature and integrate its values into economic and financial systems has led to its degradation and unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss, and associated change in nature’s contributions to people, including ecosystem services, with 14 out of 18 categories showing declines.

Many policies either encourage business activities harmful to biodiversity or prevent behaviour beneficial for biodiversity. For example, large subsidies are directed to business activities that drive loss of biodiversity often with the support of lobbying by businesses and trade associations with vested interests. In 2023, global public and private finance flows with direct negative impacts on nature were estimated at $7.3 trillion, including environmentally harmful public subsidies and private investment in high-impact sectors. Whereas only around $220 billion in public and private finance flows in 2023 were directed toward activities that contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

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