| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| AUM | Assets under management |
| B@B | Business @ Biodiversity |
| BIOFIN | Biodiversity Finance Initiative |
| BIP | Biodiversity Indicators Partnership |
| CAD | Canadian dollar |
| CalPERS | California Public Employees' Retirement System |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CDI | Community for data integration |
| CEO | Chief executive officer |
| CFLR | Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program |
| CHM | Clearing House Mechanism |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| CO2e | Carbon dioxide equivalent |
| CoP FINC | Community of Practice Financial Institutions and Natural Capital |
| COP15 | 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CRS | Creditor Reporting System |
| CSIRO | The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| DNB | De Nederlandsche Bank |
| EbA | Ecosystem-based adaptation |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| Eco-DRR | Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction |
| EP&L | Environmental profit and loss |
| ESG | Environmental, social and governance |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FJD | Fijian dollar |
| FTSE | Financial Times Stock Exchange |
| G7 | Group of Seven |
| GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| GBO | Global Biodiversity Outlook |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GLC | Global land cover |
| GLOBIO | Global biodiversity model for policy support |
| ha | Hectare |
| IPBES | Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services |
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| JPY | Japanese Yen |
| LDN | Land Degradation Neutrality |
| MDB | Multilateral development bank |
| MEA | Millennium Ecosystem Assessment |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCFA | Natural Capital Finance Alliance |
| NDC | Nationally determined contribution |
| ODA | Official development assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OOF | Other official flows |
| PA | Protected area |
| PES | Payments for ecosystem services |
| PINE | Policy Instruments for the Environment |
| PSE | Producer Support Estimate |
| PwC | PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| RBC | Responsible business conduct |
| RCP | Representative concentration pathway |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SEEA | System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting |
| SER | Society for Ecological Restoration |
| SETAC | Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
| SMART | Specific, measurable, ambitious, realistic and time-bound |
| TCFD | Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures |
| TEEB | The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity |
| UEBT | Union for Ethical BioTrade |
| UNCCD | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| US | United States |
| USD | US dollar |
| WBCSD | World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
Biodiversity: Finance and the Economic and Business Case for Action
