One year ago today, Impact One was invited to become a founding member of the World Economic Forum’s Nature-Positive Cities Initiative. In celebration of its anniversary, the Initiative announces the release of the latest insight report Nature Positive: Leaders’ Insights for the Transition in Cities.

The report showcases replicable examples from around the world and provides practical strategies for restoring and regenerating nature in/by cities, proving that a nature-positive transition is not only possible, but already underway. This report follows on from the Initiative’s inaugural publication Nature Positive: Guidelines for the Transition in Cities.

Embedded within the World Economic Forum Centre for Nature and Climate and Centre for Urban Transformation, the Nature-Positive Cities Initiative was created to design and plan for a nature-positive urban development and expansion. Made up of both the Global Commission and the Expert Task Force, the Initiative is designed to promote advocacy and cooperation between local governments, the private sector and civil society, and to catalyse investments in urban interventions that will have positive impacts on nature. 

The report highlights success stories of weaving nature into urban life, and offers replicable and scalable solutions for more nature-positive cities. Co-authored with Oliver Wyman, it reflects the collective efforts of engaged stakeholders, including city residents, that teach urban policy-makers how to advocate for and accomplish nature positive action in cities.

Included in the report are insights from Cultivating nature, cooling cities the co-authored by Johnny Ayoub, Head of Oliver Wyman’s IMEA Climate and Sustainability platform, and Mikolaj Sekutowicz, Chief Executive Officer of Impact One, that offer successful examples of urban greening, highlighting the critical role of urban afforestation and the value of methods like the Miyawaki pocket forests to address water stress and regenerate public spaces.