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J.P. Morgan Natural Capital CEO Angie Davis

J.P. Morgan Puts Its Name Behind Natural Capital as Institutional Investment Expands

September 4, 2026 No Comments

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has renamed Campbell Global, its longstanding forestry investment business, J.P. Morgan Natural Capital, marking one of Wall Street’s clearest moves yet to bring nature-based assets deeper into institutional portfolios. The change, announced September 2, reflects an expansion beyond sustainable timberland toward opportunities across land, carbon, biodiversity

Rangeland under restoration, the productive natural infrastructure COP17 elevate

COP17 Put Land on the Economic Agenda. Now Comes the Hard Part.

September 1, 2026 No Comments

UNCCD COP17 elevated land restoration, drought resilience and rangelands as economic priorities. But the failure to agree on a global drought framework means the biggest political test now shifts toward COP18 in Egypt. ULAANBAATAR — The most consequential outcome of UNCCD COP17 may be a shift in how governments think

Himalayan glacier and valley in Nepal, where a glacier collapse killed hundreds

Nepal’s Glacier Collapse Exposes a Growing Himalayan Climate Risk

August 28, 2026 No Comments

The disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border highlights a broader challenge for governments: warming is reshaping glaciers, water systems and the stability of some of the world’s highest mountain environments. A catastrophic glacier collapse on the Nepal-Tibet border has killed hundreds of people, left many more missing and devastated communities and

Degraded rangeland in Mongolia, host of the UNCCD COP17 summit on land degradation

COP17 Is Elevating Land as an Economic Risk. Drought Governance Remains the Test.

August 28, 2026 No Comments

As UNCCD COP17 closes in Mongolia, governments are giving greater weight to the economic consequences of land degradation and drought. New financing mechanisms, large-scale restoration models and a major rangelands initiative point toward a stronger implementation agenda, but global drought governance remains unresolved. ULAANBAATAR — UNCCD COP17 is ending with

Forest and watershed landscape representing natural resources recognized under IPSAS 51

Nature Is Moving Onto the Sovereign Balance Sheet. Public Finance May Never Look the Same.

August 21, 2026 No Comments

A new international accounting standard is giving governments a clearer path to recognize certain natural resources as public assets, as ministries of finance increasingly bring nature into decisions about national wealth, budgets and investment. For decades, governments have accounted for roads, buildings, financial holdings and public debt while many forests,

Warm Mediterranean coastal water during a summer marine heatwave in Europe

Europe’s Seas Are Superheating. A New Scientific Report Shows Why.

August 20, 2026 No Comments

Europe’s record-breaking summer heat is extending well beyond the continent’s cities and forests. From the Mediterranean to the Bay of Biscay and waters surrounding the British Isles, sea temperatures have climbed to extraordinary levels, with a new attribution analysis finding that human-caused climate change has sharply increased the intensity and

UN Plastics Treaty Returns to the Table — but the Fight Over Production Is Far From Settled

August 14, 2026 No Comments

A new UN negotiating document has revived efforts to secure the world’s first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution — but governments remain divided over how far the agreement should reach, particularly whether it should address plastic production itself or focus more heavily on product design, circularity and waste management.

Japan’s Kumamoto Earthquake Tests the Limits of Even the World’s Most Advanced Disaster Preparedness

August 7, 2026 No Comments

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake in southwestern Japan is providing a real-world test of decades of investment in seismic resilience — demonstrating the value of preparation while exposing vulnerabilities that emerge after the shaking stops. KUMAMOTO, Japan — When a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28, Japan’s extensive

The Atlantic’s Sargassum Boom Is Reshaping Coastlines, and Coastal Economies

August 4, 2026 No Comments

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Record sargassum blooms across the Atlantic are forcing governments to confront a growing challenge at the intersection of environmental resilience, tourism and economic development. Nowhere is that more visible than along Mexico’s Caribbean coastline, where authorities are mounting one of the region’s largest cleanup and

Biological Diversity Executive Secretary Astrid Schomaker is calling for faster corporate assessment of nature-related risks

UN Biodiversity Chief Warns Corporate Action Is Falling Behind the Pace of Nature Loss

August 4, 2026 No Comments

As governments prepare for the first global review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP17, Convention on Biological Diversity Executive Secretary Astrid Schomaker is calling for faster corporate assessment of nature-related risks and greater alignment between financial flows and biodiversity commitments. LONDON — Many companies and financial institutions have