A new review commissioned by Steve Reed, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Dan Corry, former No 10 advisor under Gordon Brown, makes 29 recommendations for ‘streamlining’ regulation.
In a world grappling with climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, one fundamental driver often goes unnoticed: resource consumption. Over the past 50 years, global material use has surged by more than three times, with high-income countries responsible for disproportionately high environmental impacts. This linear approach - extract, use, dispose - has dominated economies for centuries. But the tide is turning. The circular economy presents an opportunity to redefine economic growth by designing out waste, keeping products and materials in use for longer, and regenerating natural systems.
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs is proposing to extend the ban on peatland burning to protect habitats, cut carbon emissions, and improve air and water quality.
With 585 GW of capacity additions, renewables accounted for over 90% of total power expansion globally in 2024.
Even demand in advanced economies is rising again after years of declines, with rapid growth of electricity worldwide driving up consumption of renewables, gas, coal and nuclear.
The Western Forest will span across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Bristol, and Somerset.
As we enter unchartered territory as a result of human-induced climate change, the lifeline forests provide must not be understated nor underestimated. As well as being crucial ecosystems for food security, they are a pivotal tool for both climate change mitigation and adaptation.
New data set and policy recommendations by IRENA outline 2025 priorities to keep 1.5°C within reach
In light of the upcoming 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) March Council meeting, WWF is calling on governments to halt deep seabed mining, citing significant threats to marine ecosystems, climate regulation, and sustainable development for coastal communities and indigenous peoples.
The UK’s former net zero tsar has teamed up with the ex-UN climate chief to launch a clean power taskforce aimed at countering recent reversals on action.
The fragmentation of forests reduces biodiversity at multiple scales, according to new study from a global collaboration of ecologists and support from the University of Michigan.
Where an American oak falls, maple and paubrasilia grow.
On March 5, the Rt Hon Chris Skidmore OBE and former UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa hosted the first scoping roundtable of the Climate Action Coalition's Global Clean Power Taskforce.
COP30 president-designate, André Aranha Corrêa do Lago summons the United Nations to leave differences behind and unite in vanquishing the ‘common enemy’ of climate change.
The UK Government is consulting on plans to put the North Sea at the heart of Britain's clean energy future and drive economic growth.
New report from UKSIF and TREX shows global economic exposure to fossil fuel asset stranding risk amounts to $2.28tn by 2040. The UK financial system is itself disproportionately exposed to the stranding risk, ranking 9th globally for losses per capita – more exposed than the United States, Italy, and France.
Last week, the UK’s climate advisors, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), presented a new pathway to a decarbonised UK. The CCC sets out how to achieve this by 2050, and what decisions need to be made in the coming years to ensure success. It's analysis shows that emissions must be reduced by 87% (compared to 1990 levels) by 2040.
We are delighted to announce Ambassador Patricia Espinosa, former Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC and Founding Partner and CEO of onepoint5, as co-chair of the Climate Action Coalition’s Clean Power Taskforce alongside Chris Skidmore.
Almost 1,000 participants from nearly 150 countries gathered at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) headquarters in Rome last week, 25-27 February, to resume the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16). COP16, held in Cali, Colombia, was suspended in November last year due to loss of quorum before the remaining agenda items could be considered for adoption.
