Fig. 2: Biodiversity footprint of euro area economy and banks.
From: European banks face significant vulnerability to ecosystem degradation and climate change
a Relative dependency on ecosystem services in different continents/regions for euro area economy (y axis) and biodiversity footprint (x axis) of economic activities in these regions. The vertical bars indicate the range between dependency on least and most important ecosystem services, while the position of the dot indicates average dependency across different ecosystem service. b Financial flows (banks loans) in different euro area countries to companies operating in different economic sectors. The biodiversity footprint of financed economic activities is distinguished between two pressures: climate change and land use. c Cumulative share of total biodiversity impact attributable to the 100 most impactful euro area banks, expressed as a percentage of the combined impact of all banks in the study.
