Pueblo's health and environmental department drives economic growth through disease prevention, employment creation, and workforce productivity gains, generating substantial returns on public health investment.

Environmental degradation directly impacts economic performance through natural capital depletion, supply chain disruption, labor productivity losses, and climate risks—representing trillions in annual costs.

Emerging research reveals biodiversity loss costs $2.7 trillion annually while ecosystem protection generates $15 return per dollar invested. Biodiversity underpins economic prosperity.

Recent research reveals biodiversity generates measurable economic returns through ecosystem services, innovation, resilience, and human capital development—challenging traditional growth-conservation tradeoffs fundamentally.

Nature-integrated economies unlock sustainable prosperity. Ecosystem services generate measurable value; green transitions create competitive advantage and employment. Policy frameworks, corporate integration, and alternative metrics drive transformation toward genuinely prosperous futures.

Economic growth drives ecosystem degradation through habitat conversion, pollution, and resource depletion. Research reveals growth remains tightly coupled to environmental harm despite efficiency gains.