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The most pressing challenge for natural capital restoration in the UK – how to finance it

Bruce Howard, organiser of the upcoming Natural Capital Investment Conference, provides a perspective on the most pressing challenge for natural capital restoration in the UK – how to finance it. Natural science and economics are playing an important role in helping us to put the

January 30th, 2018|Other event|

Natural Capital and a Greener Budget

Today, WWF-UK launched a new report: ‘A Greener Budget: sustaining our prosperity in a changing world’, the second in a series of WWF publications in the lead up to the spring budget announcement by HM Treasury. The report sets out practical actions for the next

February 25th, 2016|NCI, Other event, Policy|

Applied Environmental Economics conference (envecon)

You won’t need a degree in Economics to attend this conference NCI Steering Group member Ece Ozdemiroglu, the founding director of eftec, writes about the natural capital aspects of the upcoming ‘envecon’ conference on Friday 18th March 2016 at the Royal Society, London. envecon is the

February 23rd, 2016|Business, NCI, Other event|

Natural capital accounting is one tool in a box – the second World Forum on Natural Capital

NCI Chair Prof Alison Hester at the second World Forum on Natural Capital The second World Forum on Natural Capital took place in Edinburgh on 23rd and 24th November 2015. Daija Angeli attended for NCI. “I think there is an urgent need for

December 7th, 2015|Business, Other event|

UK PlantScience conference 2015 – Call for ecology and environment abstracts

The UK Plant Sciences Federation (UKPSF) is calling for abstract submissions in the areas of ecology and environment to present at UK PlantSci 2015, taking place on 14-15 April at Harper Adams University. Opportunities are available to present posters and short talks in the following

March 3rd, 2015|Other event|

What is the role of the environment in the next Parliament?

Little did Daija Angeli, NCI project officer, know that she had one of the “hottest tickets in town” in her pocket when leaving the office to head to the Question Time event “What role for the environment in the next Parliament?” on Tuesday. In the

February 27th, 2015|Business, Other event, Policy|

Is Natural Capital Accounting a political imperative? The first GLOBE UK Natural Capital Legislation Conference

GLOBE UK held their first GLOBE UK Natural Capital Legislation Conference this week. Daija Angeli, NCI project officer, went to the House of Commons to attend the event. Is Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) a political imperative? This was the central question of the first 1st

April 4th, 2014|Business, NCI, Other event, Policy|