In 2021, the Green Finance Institute identified a funding shortfall of around twenty billion pounds for Scotland’s nature recovery.
Now, Community Land Scotland has published ‘The Credibility Gap for Green Finance’, new research and analysis which critiques the supposed ‘green finance gap’. The research challenges claims that Scotland needs to rely on private enterprise and rich donors to ensure nature recovery.
Josh Doble is the policy manager for Community Land Scotland. ffinlo Costain asked him why Community Land Scotland is concerned about the use of private funding for nature recovery?