The government has announced details of how the Sustainable Farming Incentive will support farming to deliver nature-based solutions. Farmers will be paid to provide public goods, such as:

• improved water quality
• biodiversity
• climate change mitigation
• animal health and welfare

In 2022, SFI aims to:

• encourage actions that improve soil health
• recognise how moorland provides benefits to the public (public goods)
• improve animal health and welfare by helping farmers with the costs of veterinary advice for livestock

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The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership has launched a nature-based solutions hub which aims to broaden the understanding of what NBS are, the opportunities and challenges they present, as well as to explain how we are working to help businesses implement NBS.

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In collaboration with We Mean Business Coalition, the Centre for Business Transformation has published a diagnostic tool aiming to advance organisational understanding of NBS projects and accelerate their adoption within companies.

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Finally, a new graphic story in the Guardian tells the story of how nature-based solutions in cities can make residents happier and cities more resilient to climate change.