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Natural capital accounting and climate change

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Governments and businesses are beginning to account for natural capital, but must collaborate to promote sustainability, combat climate change and improve decision-making.

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We are grateful to colleagues at the Natural Capital Initiative (NCI; www.naturalcapitalinitiative.org.uk) and participants in the NCI sessions at the 2013 World Forum on Natural Capital in Edinburgh, Scotland. M.A. and C.B. acknowledge NCI funding. M.A. acknowledges funding from ESRC SEER Grant (Funder Ref: RES-060-25-0063).

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  1. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK

    Matthew Agarwala & Giles Atkinson

  2. CSERGE, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK

    Matthew Agarwala

  3. Trucost Plc., 22 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1LS, UK

    Christopher Baldock

  4. Barry Gardiner is a Member of UK Parliament for Brent North and the UK Shadow Environment Minister,

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Agarwala, M., Atkinson, G., Baldock, C. et al. Natural capital accounting and climate change. Nature Clim Change 4, 520–522 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2257

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