chapter 1 Introduction to Biodiversity and Ecosystems for Business -- chapter 2 Business Impacts and Dependence on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services -- chapter 3 Measuring and Reporting Biodiversity and Ecosystem Impacts and Dependence -- chapter 4 Scaling Down Biodiversity and Ecosystem Risks...

Decarbonisation is the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions using low carbon power sources, lowering output of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. This is essential to meet global temperature standards set by international climate agreements. To limit global warming to 1.5°C, hence avoiding...

Nachhaltige Entwicklung ist heute in aller Munde. In vielen Bereichen wird der Begriff jedoch plakativ verwendet, ohne dass deutlich wird, was nun wirklich nachhaltig ist. Dabei erfordern aktuelle Probleme wie Klimawandel, die Abnahme der Biodiversität, die wachsende Wasserknappheit, Armut und...

Biodiversity provides insurance against the uncertain provision of ecosystem services which are being used by risk-averse economic agents. I present a conceptual ecological-economic model that combines (i) current results from ecology about the relationships between biodiversity, ecosystem...