数字生态系统能拯救濒临灭绝的物种吗？
Biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) — in other words, those natural systems that underpin our economies, well-being and survival — face threats that are increasing in number and severity.
我们的生命支持的星球
Pressured by mega-forces such as human population growth, overconsumption, habitat destruction and carbon emissions, species are going extinct at前所未有的速度。该World Wildlife Fundestimates that between 1970 and 2010, populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish around the globe dropped 52 percent. And over the next century, we stand tolose half of all global species。
Much of the value that BES provides to business and society goes unaccounted for.UNEP-FI (PDF)estimates that in 2010, the cost of environmental damage to the global economy hit $6.6 trillion — 11 percent of the global GDP. At this rate, environmental damage will amount to $28 trillion by 2050. Notably, one-third of global environmental destruction (equivalent to $2.2 trillion) was carried out by the world's top 3,000 public companies.
Between 1970 and 2010, populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish around the globe dropped 52 percent.
But it is not too late to resuscitate environmental ecosystems. In 2015, almost 200 nations agreed on ambitious goals for sustainable development and climate neutrality. The United Nations’Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)和theParis climate agreementrepresent a historic opportunity to improve the lives of billions of people while securing a positive environmental legacy.
巴黎协议及SDGs都承认在解决地球生态危机私营部门的重要性，主题加剧了山高NDannual Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit last week. For its part, the private sector looks ready for the challenge.
该2016 United Nations Global Compact-Accenture Strategy CEO Studyreveals that CEOs today see a mandate to solve societal challenges as a core element in the search for competitive advantage. The majority of CEOs surveyed (87 percent) believe the SDGs provide an opportunity to rethink approaches to sustainable value creation — and 78 percent already have identified opportunities in which their core business can contribute. That is a sea of change from 2013 research results.
数字生物多样性干扰物
增加了对稀缺自然资源，再加上不断上升绿色消费的竞争，是引人注目的企业通过发行公司范围内的BES战略或生物多样性的市场参与，以减轻对环境的影响，例如。然而，最近，企业已经开始不仅工作通过，但确实是从，在痛苦中成长。产生的创新都是经济和生态的成功：
优化器work to improve the efficiency of existing operations or reduce costs. Adobe’s EchoSign feature enables users to carry out one of the most fundamental steps in any transaction — signing your name — without printing a single sheet of paper, much less disturbing a single habitat. In 2013 alone, this saved31.2 million pounds of wood, equivalent to nearlytwo-thirds所有的印刷和expor写作论文ted from Central America that year.
Enablers开发支持创新的办法，技术和基础设施。不，最近纷纷抛出自己的显著的资源和专长生物多样性项目背后的各种高科技巨头提到这篇文章将是不完整。Microsoft,Intel,惠普和Google- 仅举几例 - 有专门的工具，从分析地理空间监测，环境建模到数据可视化。欧特克使用3D建模软件来推进未来的建筑环境，得益于建筑规范上涨的生态标准，使创造性的建筑师和规划师，以发展低碳，高BESdesigns and solutionsof the future.
Finally,变形金刚create radically new offerings and entirely new markets, all while eliminating resource dependency. Innovations in精准农业are disrupting the age-old industry of farming, through the use of technologies such as mobile, GPS, geomapping, aerial imagery and drones. These enable more targeted use of pesticides and therefore less mortality of "good pests" such as pollinators, reduced water consumption for irrigation and increased productivity, alleviating pressure to convert virgin into arable land.
预后
Digital technology is a powerful lever whereby business can pivot in a more sustainable direction. This approach fosters innovative ecological solutions while strengthening businesses by uncovering new revenue streams, cost reductions and risk management solutions.
Of course, individual organizations embarking on this journey will do well to partner and collaborate with peers and allies in industry, government and the civil sector. For this we can look back on the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement for guidance, and use the outcomes of future environmental conferences with resolve.
