Natural Capital Accounts as a Source of Information to Support Sustainable Development Goals

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ID12306705
AuthorsAlessandra La Notte (0000-0001-6951-709X, International Consultant on Natural Capital Accounting Ispra Varese Italy, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume34
IssueS1
Pages1128-1143
Publication date2025-09-10
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSustainable Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0968-0802 • E-ISSN: 1099-1719
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/sd.70229
OpenAlexW4414106025
LanguageEN
References cited17

Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) is pivotal for advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by quantifying Ecosystem Services (ES) and integrating them into Economic Models. The NCA employs different methodologies to support the three themes that compose SDG layers: biosphere, society, and economy. In the context of the biosphere layer, the NCA provides a comprehensive set of descriptive statistics pertaining to the ES. In the context of the society layer, the adoption of sustainability indicators derived from ES accounts quantifies the extent to which ecosystem contributions impact social well‐being. In the context of economic modeling, ES accounts provide the input data required for the construction of models such as general equilibrium models and multi‐regional input–output analysis. The applications reported in this study demonstrate concretely how accounts can support SDGs both in terms of providing data and of enhancing their analytical capacity. However, challenges persist in the standardization of metrics and the coverage of SDG targets that remain unmeasured

Biosphere · Context (archaeology · National accounts · Natural capital · Social capital · Standardization · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy

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