As the lines between climate, nature, and the economy continue to blur, new forms of governance, finance, and accountability are beginning to treat ecological health as essential to stability, competitiveness, and collective resilience.
This week’s collection articles centers on the convergence of climate and nature agendas—from businesses integrating climate-informed strategy into core operations to governments and universities aligning ecological regeneration with governance and education. Together, they reveal how regenerative practice is shifting from isolated projects to embedded systems thinking—where accounting standards, policy integration, and Indigenous stewardship reshape what responsible leadership looks like in the Anthropocene.
Read below for highlights and links on the following topics.
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Climate-Informed Advantage – Moving “beyond net zero” by embedding climate accountability across all business functions
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Biodiversity Regeneration – How wildlife restoration drives natural carbon capture and forest resilience
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Renewable Milestone – Renewables surpass coal for the first time, signaling a systemic energy transition
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Campus Rewilding – Universities model regenerative land care through native planting and pesticide-free grounds
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Aligning Climate and Nature – How integrated national plans can unlock climate–biodiversity synergies
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Indigenous Co-governance – WHO’s Ottawa Dialogue centers Indigenous leadership in global ecological health
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Climate–Nature Nexus – Embedding natural capital and biodiversity into fiscal and financial systems
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Nature Accounting Standard – ISO 17298 brings biodiversity into the core of corporate accountability and governance
Climate-Informed Advantage
The article calls for businesses to move “beyond net zero” by integrating climate accountability across all operations rather than isolating it in sustainability departments. It argues that regenerative business practice lies in developing climate-informed strategies — embedding risk assessment, mitigation, and adaptation into every division from procurement to HR. Such systemic integration not only reduces legal, regulatory, and physical risks but also builds long-term market and resilience advantages.
Read more: Beyond net zero: Redefining climate accountability (World Economic Forum)
Biodiversity Regeneration
MIT researchers reveal that biodiversity loss undermines forests’ ability to regenerate and capture carbon, showing that tropical forests with healthy populations of seed-dispersing animals absorb up to four times more carbon than degraded ones. Their study highlights the regenerative practice of protecting and reintroducing wildlife to restore the “ecological infrastructure” that sustains natural forest regrowth and climate resilience.
Read more: Biodiversity: A missing link in combating climate change (MIT Technology Review)
Renewable Milestone
In the first half of 2025, renewables generated more electricity than coal for the first time, marking a major step in the global energy transition. Driven by rapid expansion in solar and wind capacity, renewables reached 34.3% of the energy mix, surpassing coal’s 33.1%, even as global demand rose. This milestone signals accelerating regenerative progress toward cleaner, more resilient energy systems worldwide.
Read more: Renewables have started generating more electricity than coal (World Economic Forum)
Campus Rewilding
Universities across the US are restoring biodiversity by replacing lawns with native gardens and eliminating synthetic pesticides. UCLA, Grinnell, and Prescott College exemplify regenerative land care through Green Grounds Certification, combining rewilding with organic maintenance to protect ecosystems and human health. These campuses model a holistic approach where education and ecology intersect, inspiring broader environmental stewardship.
Read more: Restoring Biodiversity at Centers of Learning (Earth Island Journal)
Aligning Climate and Nature
The article argues that integrating countries’ climate and biodiversity plans—Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Biodiversity Strategies (NBSAPs), and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)—can create regenerative synergies that enhance resilience and unlock financing. Using Belize’s mangrove restoration as an example, it highlights how ecosystem-based approaches serve both mitigation and adaptation, calling on COP30 in Brazil to lead global alignment across these agendas.
Read more: The Potential Impact of Aligning Biodiversity Efforts in National Climate Plans (Center for Climate and Energy Solutions)
Indigenous Co-governance
WHO convened the Ottawa Dialogue to co-create a Framework that centers Indigenous-led, regenerative stewardship—grounded in trust, reciprocity, FPIC, and Indigenous data sovereignty—linking biodiversity, territory, and health. The practice emphasized is co-governance: elevating Indigenous knowledge systems in policy and operations to restore ecological and community well-being, with outcomes feeding into CBD Article 8(j) processes and the WHO Traditional Medicine agenda.
Read more: Strengthening Indigenous-led engagement in global health and biodiversity governance (World Health Organization)
Climate–Nature Nexus
This policy brief argues that climate change and nature degradation form an interconnected “climate–nature nexus” that amplifies economic and ecological risks. It calls for regenerative economic governance—integrating natural capital accounting, green taxonomies, and biodiversity criteria into fiscal and financial policy—to build resilience and capture co-benefits across mitigation, adaptation, and conservation.
Read more: Understanding the climate–nature nexus and its implications for the economy and financial system (CETEx)
Nature Accounting Standard
ISO 17298, the world’s first international biodiversity accounting standard, establishes how organizations measure, manage, and report their impacts and dependencies on nature. Developed by the International Organization for Standardization, it moves biodiversity from CSR rhetoric into fiduciary duty—integrating ecosystem health into risk management, finance, and corporate governance. This regenerative shift makes nature a measurable asset within global business strategy.