This report has been commissioned by the Nordic Working Group for Environment and Economics (NME). The report has been prepared by Norion Consult.
NME has with this project aimed at taking stock of the situation with regard to rewetting activities in the Nordic countries. A special field of interest has been the application of policy instruments as part of the rewetting activities studied.
The Nordic countries share some common goals for their rewetting initiatives such as climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation and water management. On the other hand national circumstances lead to differing specific priorities and implementation measures. The study reveals significant variations in how economic instruments are used for rewetting activities across the Nordics. Financing approaches for rewetting range from annual budgets to project-based compensations or reliance on EU funding. It seems clear that EU legislation will affect rewetting measures in the Nordic countries to an increasing extent in the future. Based on its findings the report presents a set of policy recommendations on rewetting activities.
Members of the Nordic Working Group for Environment and Economy have provided comments and inputs to the report during the work. The authors of the report are responsible for the content as well as the assessments and recommendations, which do not necessarily reflect the views and the positions of the governments in the Nordic countries.
January 2025
Magnus Cederlöf
Chair of the Nordic Working Group for Environment and Economics