Abbreviations and acronyms

ADB

Asian Development Bank

AfDB

African Development Bank

AUM

Assets under management

B@B

Business @ Biodiversity

BIOFIN

Biodiversity Finance Initiative

BIP

Biodiversity Indicators Partnership

CAD

Canadian dollar

CalPERS

California Public Employees' Retirement System

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CDI

Community for data integration

CEO

Chief executive officer

CFLR

Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program

CHM

Clearing House Mechanism

CO₂

Carbon dioxide

CO₂e

Carbon dioxide equivalent

CoP FINC

Community of Practice Financial Institutions and Natural Capital

COP15

15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

CRS

Creditor Reporting System

CSIRO

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

DNB

De Nederlandsche Bank

EbA

Ecosystem-based adaptation

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Eco-DRR

Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction

EP&L

Environmental profit and loss

ESG

Environmental, social and governance

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FJD

Fijian dollar

FTSE

Financial Times Stock Exchange

G7

Group of Seven

GBIF

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

GBO

Global Biodiversity Outlook

GEF

Global Environment Facility

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GLC

Global land cover

GLOBIO

Global biodiversity model for policy support

ha

Hectare

IPBES

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature

JPY

Japanese Yen

LDN

Land Degradation Neutrality

MDB

Multilateral development bank

MEA

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCFA

Natural Capital Finance Alliance

NDC

Nationally determined contribution

ODA

Official development assistance

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OOF

Other official flows

PA

Protected area

PES

Payments for ecosystem services

PINE

Policy Instruments for the Environment

PSE

Producer Support Estimate

PwC

PricewaterhouseCoopers

RBC

Responsible business conduct

RCP

Representative concentration pathway

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

SEEA

System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting

SER

Society for Ecological Restoration

SETAC

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

SMART

Specific, measurable, ambitious, realistic and time-bound

TCFD

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

TEEB

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity

UEBT

Union for Ethical BioTrade

UNCCD

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

US

United States

USD

US dollar

WBCSD

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

WHO

World Health Organization