GEO Business

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Our Technical Papers

Valuing nature in decision making: a data-driven platform grounded in environmental intelligence
Kieran Bajpai, Alasdair Smith
11:00-11:30 Wednesday May 17
Land & Natural Resources Stage

In this session, we will present Natural Insights: a data-driven intelligence platform designed to support decisions aligned with sustainable planetary targets, with nature and the environment at its core. The platform has two key focuses: (1) providing access and visualisation to a large resource of relevant data on natural and urban environments, and (2) derived intelligence on them as direct quantification and/or assessment of the crucial services associated with them. The services include the valuation of existing ecosystem services, climate-related risks and changes, and the suitability of blue and green carbon practices and new renewable infrastructure that align with net-zero ambitions.

The session will include a description of the vision of the platform, a brief breakdown of its methodology, as well as a demo of its use with stakeholders, and a case study to help show how it can be used effectively to answer detailed questions relating to management decisions.