To succeed, future declines in natural capital need to be halted and reversed. Society needs to take a different path, indicated by the green dotted line which depicts natural capital improving relative to a 2015 baseline. On this trajectory, the natural capital deficit is eradicated (i.e. net loss is zero and natural capital is protected) and society starts to ‘pay off’ some of the accumulated natural capital debt (i.e. improvements are secured). To achieve this, a new strategy that sets out specific targets for improvements in natural capital and the benefits derived from it is needed.