NBS in the UK

Question 1

Policies for NBS

Answer 1

Climate Change Act 2008
Environment Bill 2021
Agriculture Act 2020

Question 2

Climat Change Act 2008

Answer 2

Sets out approach towards net zero

Question 3

Environment Act 2020

Answer 3

Legislation to enable policy in environmental plan.
- half decline in species by 2030
- restore woodlands and habitats

Question 4

Tools for delivering Environment Act

Answer 4

• Green finance
• New farming
• ELM

Question 5

Tiers of ELM

Answer 5

-SFI
- Countryside Stewardship
- Landscape recovery

Question 6

SFI

Answer 6

rewarding environmentally friendly farming

Question 7

Stewardship

Answer 7

Higher level of SFI
managing forest, NFM

Question 8

Landscape recovery

Answer 8

Large projects to enable landscape recovery

Question 9

Woodland creation

Answer 9

• requires assessment
• agroforestry easier

Question 10

BNG

Answer 10

-10% uplift in biodiversity on most developments
- Neutral grassland most developed
- taken from cropland and modified grassland

Question 11

Nature Markets Framework

Answer 11

Green finance to supplement ELMS and BNGs

Question 12

Green Finance

Answer 12

Private funding but very vague
500 million per year

Question 13

Fuchs et al 2014

Answer 13

Hard to meet 1.5 goal without BCCS

Question 14

Donnsion et al 2020

Answer 14

Coastal locations for new BCCS plants

Question 15

Fuchs et al 2017

Answer 15

Trade offs from plants
Loss of land, deforestation, water damage

Question 16

Finch et al 2022

Answer 16

9 different NBS scenarios for UK
Most ambitious scenarios don’t achieve net zero by 2050