The Dasgupta Review: What does the landmark biodiversity review actually recommend?

Cecilia Keating
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From ditching GDP as a measure of economic wealth to enhancing environmental education: BusinessGreen has rounded up all the recommendations of the Dasgupta Review of the Economics of Biodiversity

The long-awaited Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity emerged this morning, and its message is stark: the world needs to fundamentally overhaul how society measures economic success if it is...

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