An investment system similar to the trade with emission rights. This is what the EU Commission hopes to achieve in order to get more money and interest in climate work.
Therefore, a roadmap towards an EU trade with so-called nature credits is now being launched.
We must start thinking of nature conservation as an investment. It's about recognizing and rewarding measures that restore and preserve nature, says Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall at a press conference in Brussels
The credits will, for example, make it possible for companies to invest in what landowners do to restore wetlands or protect their forest. The Commission's roadmap, however, consists for the time being mostly of the establishment of an expert group to develop common rules.
