News Headline
Natural capital and the fourth Industrial Revolution
Source
UN Environment
Publication Date
2017-11-14
The measurement and management of “natural capital” is an idea, as the saying goes, whose time has come.The concept of natural capital is more relevant than ever in 2017, when we are devising the means to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. We also find ourselves in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution, which is characterized by the digital world, genetics, robotics, 5G networks – and a new understanding of humanity’s relationship with the natural world.