The COVID-19 pandemic and related social and economic emergencies induced massive public spending and increased global debt. Economic recovery is now an opportunity to rebuild natural capital alongside financial, physical, social and human capital, for long-term societal benefit. Yet, current decision-making is dominated by economic imperatives and information systems that do not consider society’s dependence on natural capital and the ecosystem services it provides. New international standards for natural capital accounting (NCA) are now available to integrate environmental information into government decision-making. By revealing the effects of policies that influence natural capital, NCA supports identification, implementation and monitoring of Green Recovery pathways, including where environment and economy are most positively interlinked.

COVID-19 大流行和相关的社会和经济紧急情况引发了大量公共支出并增加了全球债务。经济复苏现在是重建自然资本以及金融、物质、社会和人力资本的机会，以实现长期社会利益。然而，当前的决策受经济规则和信息系统的支配，没有考虑社会对自然资本及其提供的生态系统服务的依赖。现在可以使用新的自然资本核算国际标准 (NCA) 将环境信息整合到政府决策中。通过揭示影响自然资本的政策的影响，NCA 支持识别、实施和监测绿色复苏途径，包括环境和经济最积极相关的地方。