## Knowledge Hub Explore key insights on emerging trends, strategic perspectives, and system-level pathways for a nature-positive and resilient economy, by the Champions for Nature and related initiatives. ## Featured Content ### Rebalancing Subsidies: A Strategic Guide for CEOs Global businesses’ long-term value is being undermined by a $2 trillion problem: environmentally harmful subsidies (EHS). Governments globally spend nearly $2 trillion1 each year subsidizing activities that damage nature, accelerate climate change and distort markets. These subsidies incentivize outdated practices, stall innovation and perpetuate an uneven playing field on which companies investing in sustainability are disadvantaged.For CEOs, this is both a competitive and caring imperative. Rebalancing subsidies can level markets, unlock innovation, mitigate risk and strengthen resilience, while also supporting workers, communities and future generations through a just transition. The leaders who act now will shape the rules of tomorrow’s economy, securing advantage while demonstrating that business success and responsibility to people and planet go hand in hand. [Read more](https://reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Rebalancing_Subsidies_2025.pdf) ## Featured Content ### Champions for Nature: Raising Ambition and Sustaining Impact Released ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) in Colombia, a critical moment to drive transformation change, this compendium captures the latest insights and emerging trends in combatting biodiversity loss from members of the World Economic Forum’s Champions for Nature.The insights focus on opportunities for change in the following five areas: Policy coherence, Sustainable land use, Valuing natural capital, Nature-climate nexus, and Including Indigenous Peoples. [Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/champions-for-nature-raising-ambition-sustaining-impact/) ## Insights *Articles, analysis and thought leadership* ### Publications Explore publications from the Centre for Nature and Climate, featuring the Nature-Positive Transitions and New Nature Economy report series. ## Nature Positive Transitions Report Series The Sector Transitions to Nature Positive series of reports, developed in collaboration with Oliver Wyman, draws on extensive research, expert consultations, and industry interviews to highlight pathways for nature-positive transitions in key sectors. ### Role of the Automotive Sector With 43 countries backing zero-emissions vehicles, the automotive sector is central to the net-zero shift. But its supply chains impact nature and face growing risks tied to resource use and ecosystem disruption. [Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/nature-positive-transitions-sectors/automotive-sector/) ### Role of the Automotive Sector China Deep-dive With 65% of China's GDP at risk from nature loss, the transformation of its automotive industry—driven by electrification—offers a key opportunity to support a broader nature-positive transition both nationally and globally. [Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/nature-positive-transitions-sectors/automotive-sector-china-deep-dive/) ### Role of the Mining and Metals Sector The mining and metals sector is key to the energy transition. With demand for critical minerals set to soar, it must adopt nature-positive practices to reduce risks and build resilience. [Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/nature-positive-transitions-sectors/mining-and-metals-sector/) ### Role of the Offshore Wind Sector With global targets to triple renewable energy by 2030, offshore wind is crucial for tapping ocean energy. As the sector grows, it must also address its impacts and dependencies on nature. [Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/nature-positive-transitions-sectors/offshore-wind-sector/) ### Role of the Port Sector As global trade grows, ports face increasing challenges, including biodiversity loss, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and habitat destruction. [Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/nature-positive-transitions-sectors/port-sector/) ### Role of the Chemical Sector With $4 trillion in annual sales, the chemicals sector underpins 95% of manufactured goods. It depends heavily on nature, while also driving pollution and land-use change. [Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/nature-positive-transitions-sectors/chemical-sector/) ### Role of the Household and Personal Care Products Sector Household and personal care products generate $700 billion annually and are part of daily life. Yet, their production often drives land use change, water consumption and plastic pollution. [Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/nature-positive-transitions-sectors/household-and-personal-care-products-sector/) ### Role of the Cement and Concrete sector Concrete is the world’s second most consumed material after water and vital for urban growth. Yet, it accounts for over 7% of global emissions and 9% of industrial water use. [Read more](https://www.weforum.org/publications/nature-positive-transitions-sectors/cement-and-concrete-sector/) ## New Nature Economy Report Series The New Nature Economy reports provide pathways for businesses to be part of the transition to a nature-positive economy. ### Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy The report identifies three key business risks from nature loss: reliance on nature, harm caused to nature, and broader societal impacts. It estimates that $44 trillion – over half of global GDP – is moderately or highly nature-dependent. [Read more](https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_New_Nature_Economy_Report_2020.pdf) ### The Future of Nature and Business The report highlights three systems—food, land and ocean use; infrastructure; and extractives and energy—as the main drivers of biodiversity loss, impacting nearly 80% of threatened species. These sectors have a critical role in reversing nature loss. [Read more](https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_Future_Of_Nature_And_Business_2020.pdf) ### Seizing Business Opportunities in China’s Transition Towards a Nature-Positive Economy The third in the World Economic Forum’s New Nature Economy Report Series, Seizing Business Opportunities in China’s Transition Towards a Nature-positive Economy, explores how investing in nature can benefit both Chinese society and businesses. [Read more](https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_New_Nature_Economy_Report_China_2022.pdf)