State of Finance for Nature 2026
The fourth edition builds on established methods. This edition uses improved data and more robust methods to track NbS finance flows in 2023, NbS investment needs and opportunities to 2030 and 2050, and nature-negative finance.
For every dollar invested in protecting nature, US$30 are spent destroying it. In 2023, US$7.3 trillion flowed into nature-negative activities—from fossil fuel subsidies to investments in high-impact sectors like utilities and energy. Meanwhile, only US$220 billion supported NbS, with private finance contributing just US$23 billion.
To meet global biodiversity, climate and land restoration targets, NbS investment must increase 2.5 times to US$571 billion annually by 2030—equivalent to just 0.5 per cent of global GDP.
This report introduces the Nature Transition X-Curve, a practical framework guiding governments and businesses to phase out harmful subsidies and destructive investments while scaling up high-integrity NbS across all economic sectors. It demonstrates how redirecting even a fraction of existing harmful flows could close the finance gap and unlock a trillion-dollar nature transition economy.
Explore the resources below to understand the scale of the challenge, discover actionable solutions, and join the movement toward a nature-positive future.
We’re funding nature’s decline. Here’s how to turn it around.
For every dollar the world invests in protecting or restoring nature, thirty dollars are spent on activities that degrade it. UNEP’s new State of Finance for Nature 2026 report shows how this imbalance is accelerating climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution — and why shifting financial flows is now one of the most powerful levers available to governments, businesses and investors.
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