Biodiversity & Nature-related data
This page is dedicated to Biodiversity data, and more broadly, nature-related dependancies, risks, impacts and opportunities in the context of sustainable economics and finance.
Definition
Country level Biodiversity index
For additional information, please refer to the corresponding paper: Huang et al. (2024) “Biodiversity Risk, Firm Performance, and Market Mispricing”, SSRN 4765039.
Users are required to cite as follows: “Research work based on Huang et al. (2023), supported by the EquipEx Pladifes (ANR-21-ESRE-0036) and hosted at the Institut Louis Bachelier".
Country level biodiversity index by Huang et al. is licensed under CC BY 4.0
References
- Huang et al. (2024) “Biodiversity Risk, Firm Performance, and Market Mispricing”, SSRN, 4765039.
- Cardinale et al. (2012). Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity. Nature, 486(7401), 59-67.
- Borucke et al. (2013). Accounting for demand and supply of the biosphere's regenerative capacity: The National Footprint Accounts’ underlying methodology and framework. Ecological indicators, 24, pp.518-533. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.08.005
- Lin et al. (2018). Ecological footprint accounting for countries: updates and results of the national footprint accounts, 2012–2018. Resources, 7(3), p.58. doi:10.3390/resources7030058
- Svartzman et al. (2021). A'Silent Spring'for the Financial System? Exploring Biodiversity-Related Financial Risks in France
Reports
- NGFS (2024), “Nature-related Financial Risks: a Conceptual Framework to guide Action by Central Banks and Supervisors” and “Nature-related litigation: emerging trends and lessons learned from climate-related litigation”, NGFS.
- Dasgupta, P. (2021). The economics of biodiversity: The dasgupta review. United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Treasury: London, UK
Datasets
- Dworatzek et al. (2024) National Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts , 2024 Edition (Version 1.0), Produced for Footprint Data Foundation by York University, Ecological Footprint Initiative in partnership with Global Footprint Network.