State of Nature Metrics

We are
losing nature
faster than ever…

Biodiversity loss and a negative environmental impact has disastrous consequences for global economic stability, human well-being and climate change.

The negative impact of business on the environment must be urgently addressed. That’s why we have the Nature Positive Global Goal, a global, societal goal to mobilize the necessary action to halt and reverse rapidly escalating nature loss by 2030.

Without alignment on how to measure nature-positive outcomes, we will not be able to gauge if our efforts to secure a nature-positive world are on track. Currently, there is no common approach to measure nature’s decline or recovery. Hundreds of different metrics are being used to measure the state of nature, making it challenging to select the right minimum set of metrics to evaluate success from global to local scales.

That’s why the Nature Positive Initiative is building consensus on a universal set of metrics.

The newly aligned state of nature metrics are the product of months of engaging with more than 100 stakeholders to define a checklist of metrics that can provide the scale, diversity, credibility and completeness needed to give a sufficiently accurate picture of change in the state of nature. They take into account environmental impact measurement and existing metrics and aim to align in one clear set.

The Nature Positive Initiative has run a consultation for wide input to the State of Nature Metrics. This is now closed for input but provided a unique opportunity to build consensus on metrics that will help drive action and transparency and shape the future of reporting on nature.

The consultation

The consultation was open until the 13 November 2024. For reference, there are several documents that were being reviewed:

1) Consultation document: Building Consensus on State of Nature Metrics to Drive Nature Positive Outcomes

• • Supporting information
  • Metrics spreadsheet
  • Technical FAQs