Extent of land/freshwater/ocean use change

Data source provider

Global Land Analysis and Discovery (GLAD)

Use cases

Climate-related disclosures, Exposure quantification, Financial stability monitoring, Investment and lending decisions, Product development, Scenario analysis, Stress testing

Data group

Biodiversity and forestry indicators

Metric Type

Physical vulnerability

Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference

Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

Unit (e.g. CO2)

square kilometre

Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)

By Location (map)

Time horizon

Backward-looking

Link

https://glad.umd.edu/dataset/GLCLUC2020/

Frequency

Quinquennial

Time series

2000-2020

Accessibility

Public

Observation on data availability/gaps

The dataset captures changes in ecosystems due to various activities, such as deforestation or mining. It provides information on the extent of land/freshwater/ocean ecosystem use change (in km²) by type of ecosystem and business activity.