Independent review

Dasgupta Review

The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review

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Sir Partha Dasgupta · Published 2 February 2021 · Commissioned by HM Treasury

Index summary

Independent global review of the economics of biodiversity, commissioned by HM Treasury. Concluded that nature is an asset and that economic systems must account for natural capital. Proposed three broad transitions.

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Original evidence

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Government Response

HM Treasury published the formal 'Government Response to the Dasgupta Review' on 14 June 2021 (Command Paper CP 504). It sets out where the Government considers it is already making progress towards a 'nature positive' future and where it will go further in light of the Review's conclusions, organised around the Review's three central challenges. It responds to the high-level recommendations thematically rather than with a single accept/reject framing.

14 June 2021

Recommendations

Recommendation i

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Ensure that our demands on Nature do not exceed its supply, and that we increase Nature's supply relative to its current level.

Recommendation ii

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Change our measures of economic success to guide us on a more sustainable path.

Recommendation iii

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Transform our institutions and systems – in particular our finance and education systems – to enable these changes and sustain them for future generations.

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