Markets for nature policy framework

The UK’s Nature Markets Policy Framework builds on the Environmental Improvement Plan 2023, publishing in January 2023, as well investment target made in the 2023 Green Finance Strategy, and sets a goal to grow annual private investment flows to nature to at least £500 million every year by 2027 in England and rising to more than £1 billion by 2030. The Framework sets out principles for the development of high integrity nature markets, and sets out plans for the development of rules to clarify market access, the establishment of a series of high-integrity nature investment standards, and the consideration of appropriate institutional arrangements, regulatory roles and market infrastructure to ensure good market governance.