Join the GoNaturePositive! Cities and Regions Pioneer Programme
We have launched the GoNaturePositive! Pioneer Programme for Cities and Regions to bring together local and regional governments interested in advancing Nature-Positive Economy approaches. Through knowledge exchange, practical resources and peer learning, the programme provides opportunities for participants to explore how nature-positive principles can be integrated into local and regional policies and practice.
Pollinator Network Week 2026 in Medellín
Pollinator Network Week 2026 brought together local governments, academia, businesses, beekeepers, and citizens in the Aburrá Valley, Colombia to advance pollinator conservation and Nature-Positive business models. Over three days, participants joined technical talks, workshops, field visits, and a Green Business Fair spotlighting Nature-based Enterprises (NbEs) in sustainable beekeeping, pollinator conservation, and ecological entrepreneurship.
Towards a Nature-Positive Economy Roadmap for Europe: Public Consultation
How can Europe accelerate the transition to a nature-positive economy — while strengthening competitiveness, resilience, and long-term prosperity? On 24 June, GoNaturePositive! opens its draft Nature-Positive Economy Roadmap for Europe for public consultation. Developed by a consortium of 20 partners across 14 countries, the roadmap identifies the policies, investments, and business models needed to put nature at the heart of Europe’s economy. This is your chance to shape it before it’s finalised. Join us for a one-hour online session – two time slots available: 10:00 and 14:00 CET.
GoNP! Open Call for Cities and Regions
GoNaturePositive! is launching an open call for cities and regions interested in advancing a Nature-Positive Economy.
Selected participants will join the Nature-Positive Pioneer Programme, a learning and peer-exchange initiative exploring how nature-positive approaches can be integrated into local policies, governance and economic development. Topics include climate resilience, nature restoration, public procurement, financing and collaboration with businesses and communities. The call is open to cities and regions working on biodiversity, nature-based solutions, climate resilience, public procurement or nature-positive economic transition. Deadline to express interest: 29 May 2026.
Driving the Transition Toward a Nature-Positive Economy: From Principles to Measurable Action
Discover how Brussels’ 49th Breakfast at Sustainability explored the urgent need for clear, practical indicators to drive Europe’s transition from nature-negative to nature-positive economic activities. Marianne Zandersen and Francesca Magnolo present the Nature-Positive Economy framework, built on five pillars including full recovery of nature and transforming economic systems, while stakeholders from finance, insurance, business and civil society debate how to translate these principles into operational governance tools. Learn why financial systems continue channelling trillions into nature-harmful activities and how aligning with frameworks like TNFD and the EU Taxonomy could redirect investment flows. Understand how GoNaturePositive! partners are advancing science-based policies that treat biodiversity loss as systemic economic risk, calling for nature to be embedded as a foundational pillar of all economic, political and social systems rather than a standalone policy issue, as the world works toward a measurable, accountable Nature-Positive Economy by 2050.
WBA Nature Benchmark of 750 Companies Shows the EU as Global Leader
Discover how Brussels’ 49th Breakfast at Sustainability explored the urgent need for clear, practical indicators to drive Europe’s transition from nature-negative to nature-positive economic activities. Marianne Zandersen and Francesca Magnolo present the Nature-Positive Economy framework, built on five pillars including full recovery of nature and transforming economic systems, while stakeholders from finance, insurance, business and civil society debate how to translate these principles into operational governance tools. Learn why financial systems continue channelling trillions into nature-harmful activities and how aligning with frameworks like TNFD and the EU Taxonomy could redirect investment flows. Understand how GoNaturePositive! partners are advancing science-based policies that treat biodiversity loss as systemic economic risk, calling for nature to be embedded as a foundational pillar of all economic, political and social systems rather than a standalone policy issue, as the world works toward a measurable, accountable Nature-Positive Economy by 2050.
Transformative Change at the Swedish Biodiversity Symposium
Discover how the Swedish Biodiversity Symposium explored the urgent need for transformative change in transitioning from knowledge to action on nature restoration. Carlos Álvarez Pereira from the Club of Rome reveals that no country today achieves sustainable development within planetary boundaries, calling for businesses to become regenerative rather than extractive. Learn why the US ecological restoration industry now surpasses traditional steel manufacturing, demonstrating significant economic opportunities in nature-positive business models. Understand how GoNaturePositive! partners are mapping the policy-business nexus, showing that whilst emerging examples reward good ecological footprints through premium pricing, businesses cannot act alone without strong policy frameworks that embed nature into all economic decision-making and recognise biodiversity loss as material financial risk requiring systemic shifts in how finance, policy and business collaborate toward a nature-positive economy.
GoNaturePositive! on Metrics & Finance at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025
Discover how GoNaturePositive! advances nature restoration through innovative metrics frameworks at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025, treating measurement as fundamental to unlocking biodiversity investment. Siobhan McQuaid reveals practical strategies for coordinating policy makers, financial institutions, citizens and businesses around nature-positive outcomes, leveraging whole-of-society approaches to capture actor influences beyond corporate disclosure, and how recognising disconnections between financial intermediaries and on-the-ground realities enables stakeholders to build verified investment pathways for prosperity while supporting nature-based solutions and private sector engagement across conservation communities.
Discovering the Nature-Positive Economy: Opportunities and challenges for the agroecological transition
Discover how Voedsel Anders explores the Nature-Positive Economy’s potential to reinforce the agroecological transition, introducing an economic system that contributes to net nature restoration through agriculture practices combining social and ecological aspects with food production. Douwe de Vestele examines why integrating agroecology into the NPE framework requires addressing food sovereignty, power imbalances in food systems, and recognising food as a fundamental right rather than a commodity, questioning whether all food-related enterprises should operate as not-for-profits. Learn how measuring progress toward a Nature-Positive Economy demands perspectives beyond human metrics, incorporating the viewpoint of all species whilst accounting for power relations and food autonomy, and why achieving true transformation requires active citizens who challenge hegemonic structures, hold policy accountable, and ensure governments serve the common good rather than capitalist market speculation.
Choosing Nature in a Time of Urgency
Discover how the NetworkNature Annual Event explores transformational pathways toward a nature-positive economy, revealing that finance determines transition speed while policy sets direction through binding restoration targets and corporate sustainability reporting. Samuel Lara examines why businesses, especially SMEs representing 99% of European enterprises, remain largely absent from nature-based solutions dialogue despite ecosystem services underpinning over half of global GDP. Learn how GoNaturePositive! partners are identifying critical barriers to implementation, from workforce transition challenges to metric reliability concerns, and why bridging the knowledge-to-practice gap through targeted capacity building, training networks, and practical tools for local governments and investors is essential for aligning economic actors with nature restoration at scale.
