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 13:00 CET.

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.

Discover how Brussels' 49th Breakfast at Sustainability explored the need for practical indicators to support Europe's shift to a Nature-Positive Economy. Marianne Zandersen and Francesca Magnolo present a framework built on five pillars, while experts from finance, insurance, business and civil society discuss how to turn these principles into effective governance tools. Learn how aligning with frameworks such as TNFD and the EU Taxonomy can help redirect investment away from nature-harmful activities and support a measurable, accountable Nature-Positive Economy by 2050.

The WBA Nature Benchmark 2026 reveals that 750 of the world's most influential companies average just 17% performance on nature. The financial risk is real: 75% of euro area bank loans go to companies highly dependent on ecosystem services, yet only 2% have disclosed nature transition plans. Strong regulation drives better performance - but the EU Omnibus Simplification Package threatens to reverse Europe's hard-won leadership. GoNaturePositive! partners are responding with on-the-ground pilots across five EU countries and Colombia, proving that closing the gap between nature dependency and nature action is both urgent and possible.

The Swedish Biodiversity Symposium made one thing clear: knowledge is no longer the bottleneck - action is. Carlos Álvarez Pereira from the Club of Rome underlined that no country today achieves sustainable development within planetary boundaries, urging businesses to become regenerative rather than extractive. The economic case is already emerging: the US ecological restoration industry now surpasses traditional steel manufacturing. But businesses cannot act alone. GoNaturePositive! partners are mapping the policy-business nexus, showing that strong regulatory frameworks - ones that embed nature into economic decision-making and treat biodiversity loss as material financial risk - are essential to scaling what's already working.

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.

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.

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.

Discover how ICLEI Colombia transforms urban biodiversity through the innovative Pollinators Network of the Aburrá Valley, treating nature as an equal stakeholder in economic decision-making. Tatiana Ramos reveals practical strategies for coordinating public, private, and community actors around pollinator protection, leveraging Colombia's Green Cities Law to integrate nature-based solutions into municipal planning, and how recognising ecosystem services as economic necessities enables cities to build more resilient foundations for long-term prosperity while supporting both biodiversity conservation and local economic development across metropolitan regions.

Discover how Voedsel Anders builds a transformative movement for agroecological transition in Flanders by connecting farmers, citizens, and organisations around food sovereignty principles. Douwe De Vestele shares practical insights on challenging industrial agriculture's status quo, creating economic models that reward ecosystem services, and how effective food system change emerges when ecological health combines with economic justice to create regenerative farming that benefits both rural communities and natural systems.