State of Finance for Nature 2026 - Key Messages

The State of Finance for Nature 2026 shows that the private sector is still overwhelmingly financing nature destruction instead of working with nature, whilst governments are facing fiscal constraints to finance the protection of nature. It offers a data-driven roadmap for policymakers, business leaders, financiers and civil society on how to invest in Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and begin the ‘Big Nature Turnaround’ to increase private capital flows towards a future nature-positive economy.