Environment

https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/topic/environment Nature isn't the alternative to modern technology. It is technology. Nature is an enabling technology for job creation and value chains. Learn how it provides the foundational infrastructure to grow jobs and businesses. Nature provides jobs directly for hundreds of millions of people, and sustains billions more. When well-managed, nature is the foundation for sustained growth, food security, poverty reduction, and human health. Today, nature loss, pollution, and degraded lands and seas are beginning to reverse decades of development progress. Halting this environmental degradation is essential to a world free of poverty on a livable planet. Nature is also key to ensuring that people can lead healthy and productive lives, and that public and private resources can be invested in advancing development outcomes. The world’s ecosystems regulate the air, water, and soil on which humanity depends, and form a unique and cost-effective buffer against extreme weather events. Investing in nature is smart development. Nature underpins people’s health, prosperity, and productivity, giving countries a powerful opportunity to drive growth and employment, develop the private sector, and empower local communities.