Environmental Intelligence supporting more nature-positive investment via TNFD
Lead Research Organisation:
King's College London
Department Name: UNLISTED
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Mark Mulligan (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Neugarten R
(2024)
Mapping the planet's critical areas for biodiversity and nature's contributions to people
in Nature Communications
| Description | We examined the environmental information needs and methodologies required to support a range of financial mechanisms (equity, co-investment equity, other debt models suited to NBS, Municipal Green Bonds) and the extent to which these can be met with tools like Co$tingNature, WaterWorld, Eco:Actuary. A short report summarising this landscape with particular reference to Green Bonds has been produced as a blueprint for future method/tool adaptations/new methods required to support a range of investment types including Municipal Green Bonds We conducted a series of interviews of farmers and landowners to better understand the opportunities and barriers for value-based investment in nature-recovery via TNFD (with an initial focus on the UK land sector). This focuses on how these barriers might be removed to support the development of innovative investment mechanisms for nature-positive development, particularly targeting UK flood mitigation benefits. The resulting report; "Finance for Biodiversity" Agriculture Investee Impact Report highlights opportunities and barriers to nature-friendly farming investments from both the farmer perspective and the investor perspective. |
| Exploitation Route | Through the TNFD process, which whihc the tool developed is registered |
| Sectors | Environment |
| URL | https://www.policysupport.org/costingnature/CN4TNFD |
| Description | The tool developed has been applied by companies to understand their nature risks and the risks they pose for nature, for example by Accenture.com in India |
| First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Energy,Environment |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | Co$tingNature for TNFD registered as a TNFD tool |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | https://www.policysupport.org/costingnature/CN4TNFD |
| Description | Led to development of Co$tingNAture for Sustainable Development for UK FCDO |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Improved spending on environmental aid |
| URL | http://analytics.policysupport.org/cn4sd |
| Title | Development of new interface to Co$tingNature tool |
| Description | In consultation with a range of investors from farmers implementing small-scale restoration to major global investors, we further developed the Co$tingNatureMAP interface to Co$tingNature for greater relevance to the finance sector (including investors, insurers, bond issuers). A new investor interface to Co$tingNature - which has been called Co$tingNature for TNFD - has been produced. Training materials are near completion and a soft launch is expected by the end of the year. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | https://www.policysupport.org/costingnature/CN4TNFD accessed and in use |
| URL | https://www.policysupport.org/costingnature/CN4TNFD |
| Title | Development of Co$tingNAture for TNFD model |
| Description | Building on previous work, we reviewed the current data and toolkit used by the UK financial services community for understanding environmental risk and environmental impact of investments at scales from £100K (farm-scale) to multi-million (landscape scale). A 30 pp report that maps the current data and tool landscape relevant to TNFD has been produced. In consultation with a range of investors from farmers implementing small-scale restoration to major global investors, we further developed the Co$tingNatureMAP interface to Co$tingNature for greater relevance to the finance sector (including investors, insurers, bond issuers). A new investor interface to Co$tingNature - which has been called Co$tingNature for TNFD - has been produced. Training materials are near completion and a soft launch is expected by the end of the year. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None yet |
| URL | https://www.policysupport.org/costingnature/CN4TNFD |