Nature, People, and Sustainable Development

This co-edited volume brings together a cross-section of distinguished contributors working on nature finance, nature-based solutions, and nature governance. Three propositions run through the chapters:

・ Nature and ecological integrity are not one sector of development among many, but a precondition for all of it.
・ Our prevailing economic and financial system rewards the liquidation of nature and penalizes its protection.
・ A credible post-2030 agenda will have to change institutions, incentives, and investments themselves, not simply bolt stronger conservation targets onto a framework that still treats nature as external to the economy.

This volume does not seek to provide a blueprint but to start a debate on two fundamental questions the post-2030 agenda should address: What should we protect, and how can we incentivize change and inspire action?

This report was co-edited by SATO Ichiro , Executive Senior Research Fellow at the JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development (JICA Ogata Research Institute).

The publication is a product of the collaborative research partnership between the Brookings Institution and JICA Ogata Research Institute, following their earlier joint publication, For the World’s Profit: How Business Can Support Sustainable Development .

The report is available through the Brookings Institution website and can be downloaded free of charge from the link below.