Invest in nature to future-proof against climate risks - NatureScot

Scotland’s nature agency is urging more businesses to join together and invest in nature recovery to protect against the escalating impacts of climate change.

NatureScot’s ambitious new four-year plan aims to accelerate nature recovery and build climate resilience in Scotland. It has a clear focus on working with businesses, investors, local partners and landowners to create new ways to support long-term resilience, responsible investment and community benefits through nature restoration.

The plan outlines the urgent need to scale up nature restoration and the overall investment needed to pay for vital work.

Failing to invest in nature recovery and climate resilience will leave businesses exposed to increasingly frequent and severe events and other detrimental effects. Flooding, drought and wildfire are already affecting food production, livestock farming and distilleries in Scotland. More widely, climate events can cause disruption to services, damage to infrastructure and employee absence.

NatureScot’s plan identifies a number of solutions to tackle the climate risks Scottish businesses and people are now facing. This includes peatland and woodland restoration, coastal adaptation and natural flood management, all of which can help ensure long term productivity, mitigate against future costs and generate benefits for the workforce and wider communities.

Working in close partnership with the Scottish Government, investors, local partners and landowners, NatureScot seeks to help fund and attract private finance to support large scale nature restoration and resilience projects.