In a hotter, riskier world, nature is critical economic infrastructure
key takeaways.
- Healthy ecosystems now function as economic infrastructure, regulating water and storing carbon, while degraded landscapes are becoming financial liabilities for investors and insurers
- Nature loss is now a measurable financial risk. Global insured losses from natural catastrophes and wildfires reached USD 107 billion in 2025, exposing the cost of degraded ecosystems
- Wildfire risk builds long before ignition. Degraded soils, forests, and biodiversity make landscapes more flammable, turning ecosystem health into a core investment and insurance issue
- Closing the USD 7 trillion nature finance gap needs private capital. Regenerative agriculture, forestry, and natural capital markets offer resilience-focussed investment opportunities.
Nature loss is becoming a measurable financial risk. Discover why healthy ecosystems are critical infrastructure for resilience, adaptation, and investment.
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1 Managing nature risks: From understanding to action | PwC
2 The Fires in France and Spain are Breaking Modern Records: Charts and Maps | The New York Times ; Record-Breaking Heat Is Crushing Europe | The New York Times
3 Integrating Climate Change into Macroeconomic Analysis: A Review of Impact Channels, Data, Models, and Scenarios | International Monetary Fund
4 Global insured catastrophe losses set to hit $107 billion in 2025, report shows | Reuters
5 Conditions for European Wildfires Created by Summer of Extremes | The New York Times ; Fire-ravaged France evacuates tourists and braces for new heatwave | Financial Times
6 El Nino is here. It'll be big, bad and costly, scientists fear | PBS News
7 Global natural catastrophe losses in 2025 | Swiss Re Institute
8 Heat and health | World Health Organization ; Wildfires are entering tipping-point territory | Financial Times ; Canadian wildfires prompt air quality warnings as far as New York City | Financial Times
9 State of Finance for Nature 2026 | UNEP - UN Environment Programme
10 Adaptation | COP30
11 Earth Fire Alliance’s First Three Operational FireSats Reach Orbit | Earth Fire Alliance
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