About Nature-Positive Transition Pathways
The Green Finance Institute (GFI) and WWF-UK have published a paper highlighting why it is essential for the UK government to integrate nature into its economic growth strategy. The paper features over 40 examples of UK businesses investing in nature restoration or measures to reduce nature harms and seeing financial returns.
In partnership with businesses, financial institutions and the UK Government, GFI and WWF-UK are setting up a process to develop Nature-Positive Transition Pathways (NPPs) for the UK economy. NPPs are sector-specific roadmaps to guide private sector investment to contribute to the UK’s nature targets, just as Net Zero Transition Pathways have guided private sector investment in decarbonisation. Scaling up this investment would be a powerful engine for economic growth. The programme will bring together a wide range of stakeholders to ensure the pathways are science-based, representative, and robust, as well as being implementable, practical, and supported by both the private sector and government.
Over 25 UK businesses, trade associations and business organisations have signed a statement demonstrating their support for the development of NPPs in the UK. If you are interested in joining them, please reach out to [email protected].
This work builds on two former reports. In April 2024, the GFI partnered with the Universities of Oxford and Reading and UNEP-WCMC to quantify the UK’s exposure to nature risk, and the development of NPPs were a key recommendation of this report. In October 2024, WWF-UK and Aviva published a joint report calling on the UK Government to develop NPPs to deliver the UK’s nature-positive goals as set out in the Global Biodiversity Framework.
