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Natural capital The <strong>Global</strong> Sustainable Competitiveness Index
Natural Capital Overview Natural Capital Sustainability The potential for sustaining natural capital as a basis for sustainable development is composed of two main factors: the characteristics of geography and climate, combined with the extend of human activities that have or will affect the ability of natural factors to sustain the population and the economy. Because the natural capital is as it is, it is problematic to improve or change. While it takes little to impair or deplete the natural capital, rebuilding or improving natural capital factors is difficult, and requires significant time and resources. The natural capital sustainability map below indicates a certain correlation with the level of human activities and population density. Large countries with a comparably small population density and rich biodiversity are on top of the Natural Capital ranking (North America, Scandinavia, Brazil). A large number of countries located in tropical areas (at the intersection of Central and South America, West Africa, South-East Asia) also seem to have the potential to achieve sustainable development based on their respective natural capital. The top ten according to natural capital indicators contains some surprising and not well known countries like Suriname, Guyana, and Laos - whereas the OECD’s representation in the top twenty is limited to Canada, Finland, Denmark and the USA. The ranking of China (133) and India (160) are affected by a combination of arid climate, high population density, and high pollution levels. The Natural Capital Map: Dark colour indicates high Natural Capital, light colour limited natural capital The <strong>Global</strong> Sustainable Competitiveness Index 31
Page 2 and 3: Acknowledgments Acknowledgments The
Page 4 and 5: Table of contents The Global Sustai
Page 6 and 7: Foreword The Global Sustainable Com
Page 8 and 9: Executive summary The Global Sustai
Page 10 and 11: The Sustainable Competitiveness Wor
Page 12 and 13: Natural Capital Executive summary N
Page 14 and 15: Sustainable Innovation Executive su
Page 16 and 17: Methodology The Global Sustainable
Page 18 and 19: Sustainability Factors Methodology
Page 20 and 21: Sustainability Indicators Methodolo
Page 22 and 23: Weighting Methodology Scoring of in
Page 24 and 25: Sustainable Competitiveness The Glo
Page 26 and 27: Country rankings Sustainable Compet
Page 28 and 29: Country rankings Sustainable Compet
Page 32 and 33: Indicators Natural Capital Natural
Page 34 and 35: Country Rankings Natural Capital Na
Page 36 and 37: Country rankings Natural Capital Na
Page 38 and 39: Resource Intensity & efficiency The
Page 40 and 41: Model & Indicators Resource Intensi
Page 42 and 43: Country Rankings Resource Intensity
Page 44 and 45: Country Rankings Resource Intensity
Page 46 and 47: Sustainable innovation & Competiven
Page 48 and 49: Model & Indicators Sustainable Inno
Page 50 and 51: Country Rankings Sustainable Innova
Page 52 and 53: Country Rankings Sustainable Innova
Page 54 and 55: Social Cohesion The Global Sustaina
Page 56 and 57: Model & Indicators Social Cohesion
Page 58 and 59: Country Rankings Social Cohesion So
Page 60 and 61: Country Rankings Social Cohesion So
Page 62 and 63: Rankings at a glance The Global Sus
Page 64 and 65: All criteria: Rank 1-44 Rankings at
Page 66 and 67: All criteria: Rank 89-132 Rankings
Page 68 and 69: Natural Capital Rankings at a glanc
Page 70 and 71: Sustainable Innovation & Competitiv
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