The Environment Strategy for Scotland: Driving the Transition to a Nature Positive Economy - A Synthesis of Policy Levers for Governments
This report supports the research project ‘Delivering the Environment Strategy Outcome on Scotland’s Economy: Evidence base and Policy levers’. It focuses on the transition to a nature positive economy, summarises key evidence, and presents a synthesis of potential actions.
1. Acronyms
BAU - Business as Usual
BRN - Borderlands Restoration Network
CAP - Common Agricultural Policy
CAT - Common Asset Trust
CBD - Convention on Biological Diversity
CDP - Carbon Disclosure Project
CIW - Canadian Index of Wellbeing
CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
COP - Convention of the Parties
COVID - Coronavirus
CSB - Council for Sustainable Business
CST - Centre for Complex Systems in Transition
DAO - Decentralized Autonomous Organization
DWM - Department of Watershed Management (City of Atlanta)
EOI - Economic Operating Infrastructures
ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance
EU - European Union
EVRI - Environmental Valuation Reference Inventory (Canada)
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organisation (of the United Nations)
FRB - Forest Resilience Bond
FSC - Forest Stewardship Council
GANE - Global Assessment for a New Economics
GBF - Global Biodiversity Framework
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
GEF - Global Environment Facility
GEP - Gross Ecosystem Product
GHG - Greenhouse Gas
GPI - Genuine Progress Indicator
GPP - Green Public Procurement
GRI - Global Reporting Initiative
GWP - Global Water Partnership
ICAP - International Carbon Action Partnership
IPBES - Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IFCSB - International Finance Corporation Forests Bond
ISO - International Organisation for Standardisation
IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature
JNCC - Joint Nature Conservation Committee
LGBTQ+ - Lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer/questioning and more
LSE - London School of Economics
MSC - Marine Stewardship Council
NbS - Nature-based Solutions
NCAPP - NatureScot Natural Capital Pilot Programme
NEF - New Economics Foundation
NGO - Non-governmental Organisation
NFCP - Natural Forest Conservation Program
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PAM - Partnership Assurance Model
PES - Payment for Ecosystem Services
PSE - Private Sector Engagement
RBC - Responsible Business Conduct
RIB - Rhino Impact Bond
RLUP - Regional Land Use Partnership
RSPB - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
S&P - Standard and Poor
SAI - Sustainable Agriculture Initiative
SBTN - Science Based Targets Network
SEEA - Systems of Environmental Economic Accounting
SEI - Stockholm Environment Institute
SLCP - Sloping Land Conversion Program
STAR - Species Threat Abatement and Recovery Metric
TEEB - Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
TEV - Total Economic Value
TLFFSB - Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility Sustainability Bond
TNFD - Nature-related Financial Disclosures
TPI - Transition Pathway Initiative
UK - United Kingdom
UN - United Nations
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
US - United States
WBCSD - World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WWF - Worldwide Fund for Nature
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