The UK government’s Autumn Budget came out soon after COP16 on Biodiversity last month. Tom Raven, a Consultant in Eunomia’s Natural Economy team, reflects on whether private finance options can make up for the lack of funding from government and international inaction on financing nature recovery. How nature fared in [...]
Thursday 22nd April 2021 is Earth Day, an annual event to support environmental protection. This year the theme is to Restore Our Earth and we wanted to show our support by sharing news about the small part we are playing. Our Carbon Fund As a business we operate a Carbon [...]
Our water guru Yvonne Rees is working closely with Natural Course to find ways to better manage water locally, and on the week the world celebrated World Water Day we asked her what this vital resource means to her. She said: Feeling disconnected Water to me means joy, whether it’s [...]
City centres shut down in spring, slowly opened in summer, and now many are questioning what role they’ll play in an autumn overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In August, the UK government launched its post-pandemic ‘Build back better’ stimulus package. Planning restrictions were adapted to boost development, the public were [...]
Millions of people in over 70 countries around the world celebrated World Rivers Day on Sunday 27th September. This is a celebration of the world’s waterways and aims to highlight the values of rivers and increase public awareness and encourage the improved stewardship of rivers around the world. In support [...]
We need to think innovatively about how we produce value from natural resources to transition to a circular economy. Prior to her appointment at Eunomia, our Consultant Star Molteno completed a project which reviewed how local and small-scale economic engagement with forestry can play a role in establishing sustainable bio-economies. [...]
Our natural world hasn’t always been welcome in our urban landscapes, it has often been pushed back to make space for new housing and public services to satisfy a growing population in cities and towns. As a result, research has attempted to estimate nature’s value, so decision-makers can understand its [...]
Today is Earth Day, an annual event used to show support for environmental protection. Given the current situation, its aim this year is to flood the world with hope, optimism and action. We wanted to make a positive contribution and so our Chairman, Dominic Hogg, and climate emergency specialist, Alex [...]
We have won a bid to undertake a Defra-funded research project investigating the development of models for farmer and land manager behaviours and decision-making. The UK’s exit from the European Union, and subsequent withdrawal from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), will give the UK the ability to design and implement [...]
We recently launched our latest natural capital report, which was presented at the Bristol Avon Catchment Partnership‘s Annual Forum, and provided new evidence that nature-based prescribing could result in savings for the NHS and improved water quality for all. We were commissioned by the Environment Agency to develop an evaluation [...]
