Mobilising private investment in natural capital: report

This report looks at how to encourage responsible private investment into peatland restoration, including how to overcome barriers to scaling voluntary carbon markets to restore peatland in Scotland.


Footnotes

1. Lloyd's. 2017. Stranded assets

2. Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets, January 2021.TSVCM

3. Office of National Statistics. 2021. UK natural capital accounts: 2021

4. UK Government. 2018. A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment

5. Scottish Government. Consulted in August 2022. National Performance Framework

6. Green Finance Institute. 2021. The Finance Gap for UK Nature

7. NatureScot. Consulted in August 2022. Restoring Scotland's Peatlands

8. Scottish Government. 2021. Sustainable and integrated farming and crofting activity in the hills and uplands of Scotland

9. Scottish Government. 2020. Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2020

10. Scottish Government. 2020. Update to the Climate Change Plan

11. NatureScot. Consulted in July 2022. Peatland ACTION - What we do.

12. NatureScot. Consulted in July 2022. Peatland ACTION Project.

13. Climate Change Committee. 2020. Land use: Policies for a Net Zero UK

14. NatureScot. Consulted in August 2022. 10th Anniversary of Peatland ACTION

15. Peatland ACTION, Management Information.

16. South Pole. 2022. Voluntary Carbon Market Trends

17. UK Government. Consulted in July 2022. Developing the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS).

18. IUCN. Consulted in August 2022. Peatland Code

19. UK Land Carbon Registry. Consulted in August 2022. UK Land Carbon Registry

20. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Consulted in September 2022. Guidance for projects

21. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Consulted in September 2022. Field Protocol

22. Verra. Consulted in July 2022. VM0036 Methodology for Rewetting Drained Temperate Peatlands v1.0

23. Reed MS, Fitton R, Khuri S (2022) Stakeholder perspectives on Great North Bog investment options. Great North Bog, Yorkshire Peat Partnership.

24. Livelihoods Funds. Consulted in August 2022. The Livelihoods Carbon Funds

25. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Consulted in August 2022. Land Degradation Neutrality Fund

26. Tweed Forum. Consulted August 2022. Fallago Environment Fund

27. The Guardian. Consulted August 2022. Scottish rewilding project hits £2.2m buyout target.

28. Highland Rewilding. Consulted August 2022. Crowdfund.

29. Respira International. 2022. Setting up an effective carbon partnership

30. UK Government. Consulted in August 2022. Woodland Carbon Guarantee

31. UK Government. 2022. Fifth Woodland Carbon Guarantee Auction

32. SWEEP. Consulted August 2022. How to price environmental goods

33. Scottish Government. 2020. Securing a green recovery on a path to net zero: climate change plan 2018–2032 - update

34. Scottish Government. 2022. Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation

35. Scottish Government. 2022. Ambitious proposals for land reform

36. NatureScot. 2022. Scotland's Biodiversity Strategy Consultation

37. Reed MS, Fitton R, Khuri S (2022) Stakeholder perspectives on Great North Bog investment options. Great North Bog, Yorkshire Peat Partnership.

38. National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS). 2022. NFUS Holds National Webinar on Carbon Trading, Calculators and Sequestration.

39. U.K. Government. Consulted July 2022. Environmental land management schemes: overview.

40. Scottish Government. 2022. Delivering our vision for Scottish agriculture – proposals for a new Agriculture Bill: consultation

41. Scottish Government. 2022. Preparing for Sustainable Farming

42. Science-Based Target Initiative. Consulted August 2022. Beyond Value Chain Mitigation.

43. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Consulted in September 2022. Project delivery timeline

44. SEFARI. 2022. The cost of peatland restoration – data and analysis 2022

45. Mirova. Consulted September 2022. Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund

46. Mirova. Consulted September 2022. Land Degradation Neutrality Fund

47. Livelihood Funds. Consulted September 2022. The Livelihoods Carbon Funds

48. Foresight Group. Consulted September 2022. Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company Plc

49. SLM Partners. Consulted September 2022. SLM Silva Fund wins Environmental Fund of the Year 2022 (Europe)

50. AgriInvestor. Consulted September 2022. SLM Partners secures first close on €250m ag and forestry fund

51. Scottish Government. Consulted August 2022. Just Transition Commission.

52. Scottish Government. Consulted September 2022. Interim Principles for Responsible Investment in Natural Capital

53. Tilhill. Consulted August 2022. Foresight Sustainable Forestry Skills Training Programme.

54. 3Keel. 2022. Landscape Enterprise Networks

55. SWEEP. Consulted August 2022. How to price environmental goods

56. University of Exeter. 2022 (Working Paper). At what price? The effects of a pricing rule change on outcomes in a PES auction

57. IUCN. Consulted in August 2022. Introduction to the Peatland Code

58. UK Government. Consulted in August 2022. Woodland Carbon Guarantee

59. Forestry Comission. 2022. Woodland Carbon Guarantee: Guide to the fifth auction

60. Bank of England. Consulted in August 2022. Inflation and the 2% target

61. Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). 2021. Principles for Responsible Investment

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