'Insurance fosters confidence': Could the insurance industry help trigger a new wave of Nature-based Solutions?

James Murray
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Peatland restoration

A new study predicts that the nature-based carbon market could present a $1.3bn opportunity for the insurance industry

What should you do if a forest-based carbon offset project you have invested in burns down? This is not simply a dystopian hypothetical question. It has already happened in the US and it is expected to...

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