University of Helsinki
Biodiversity offsetting is a controversial policy mechanism that has faced both enormous hype and setbacks around the world. A recent study by Climakedo researcher Kamilla Karhunmaa and Thomas Karlsson argues that support for implementing biodiversity offsetting in Finland was installed in the early stages of policy development.
The study, published in Critical Policy Studies, shows how Finnish experts largely agreed on the necessity of implementing biodiversity offsetting through an interplay of three policy framings: i) viewing biodiversity offsetting as necessary and with no alternative solutions, ii) accommodating divergent views through a flexible understanding of what biodiversity offsetting is and iii) addressing concerns over past failures as a prompt to develop an experimental approach to policy.