Latest from the GPS
publication
Nature's Paradox: Stepping Stone or Millstone?
This report is about the intersection of two major crises of the 21st century—the sustainability crisis and the social exclusion and inequality crisis.
Capacity building
Nigeria’s Push for Sustainable Economic Growth Through Natural Capital ...
Nigeria, rich in natural resources, is embracing natural capital accounting (NCA) as a pathway to sustainable economic growth.
Feature STory
Healing Armenia's Land: A Strategic Approach to Landscape Restoration
Armenia's forests and wetlands are among the most valuable ecosystems, providing habitat for a diverse range of species and offering essential ecosystem services.
Feature story
Enhancing Conservation Through Data-Driven Decision-Making in Zambia
Zambia is updating its Wildlife and Protected Areas Accounts under the Zambia Natural Capital Accounting Program, supported by GPS.
Event
Ghana National Landscape Forum 2025
The event featured the official launch of Ghana’s National Capital Accounts, discussions on climate-smart cocoa, forest governance, pollution management, and community-led conservation initiatives.
Publication
Accelerating Access to Clean Air
Halving the number of people exposed to high levels of outdoor air pollution globally by 2040 can be both feasible and affordable.
Revisiting comprehensive wealth
Two decades ago, the World Bank established the Changing Wealth of Nations (CWON) series that measures comprehensive national wealth to monitor long-term economic progress through a country’s full portfolio of assets.
Report
GPS FY24 Annual Report
This year's report showcases the breadth of our work: GPS is simultaneously harnessing the power of analytics and partnerships and shifting the intellectual discourse through groundbreaking research, while increasingly emphasizing social inclusion.
Event Launch
The Changing Wealth of Nations 2024
Revisit the launch of The Changing Wealth of Nations (CWON) report. The World Bank’s CWON program provides the most comprehensive wealth database currently available.
Video
Supporting Private Trees for Nepal’s Green, Resilient, and Inclusive ...
Private tree planting on farms can also help build forest cover and boost livelihoods in Nepal. Nepal’s forest cover has expanded from 25% to 46% over the last 25 years.
Adoption of land restoration activities in Ethiopia
This report examines the gender-labor dimensions of the adoption of land restoration activities by smallholder agricultural households in rural Ethiopia.
Feature Story
Greening the Desert
Uzbekistan employs landscape restoration with native flora, supported by the World Bank’s GPS and the Central Asia RESILAND Program, to address environmental and economic challenges.
Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity
GPS and the World Bank Group at COP16 on Biodiversity
GPS and the World Bank Group are attending the Conference of the Parties (COP16) on Biodiversity to support the unprecedented ambition enshrined in the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF).
Germany
United Kingdom
Switzerland
GPS is supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdon (DEFRA), and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Switzerland (SECO).
About the Program
The Global Program on Sustainability (GPS) promotes the use of high-quality data and analysis on natural capital, ecosystem services, and sustainability to better inform decisions made by governments, the private sector, and financial institutions.
Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Practice
The Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Practice (NCA-CoP) is a regional platform promoting the compilation of environmental-economic and ecosystems accounts to support sustainable development policies in Africa.
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Global Program on Sustainability
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