The UK Government and Devolved Administrations should “incentivise rewilding, where appropriate, as part of its net zero strategy”, according to a new report published today (24 November 2023) led by the Grantham Research Institute. Read more
land use
This report synthesises the current policy, technical considerations and debate pertaining to rewilding in the UK, with a focus on what contribution, if any, rewilded land can make to supporting the decarbonisation of land use. Read more
The authors of this paper investigate the reasons of failure and success of the fair compensation mechanism in the context of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions (LSLAs) Read more
This policy brief explores how the voluntary carbon market has the potential to pave the way to a net zero and sustainable economy and help close finance gaps in sectors that are critical to the transition. Read more
As protecting forests are key to tackling climate change, a family of policies known as ‘reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation’ (REDD) were designed to provide financial incentives to maintain and increase, rather than reduce, forest cover globally. Read more
As the climate is changing, the global economy is adapting. This paper provides a novel method of estimating how much adaptation has taken place historically, how much it has cost, and how much it has reduced the impacts of climate change. Read more
The authors of this paper present a spatio-temporal analysis of land-cover change in Ghana’s Northern, Upper East, and Upper West provinces using Intensity Analysis on the periods from 1992 to 2003 and 2003 to 2015. Read more