The Government announce a net zero target
The Wildlife Trusts welcome the Government’s decision to set a net zero target by 2050, in line with recommendations by the Committee on Climate Change. As the first major economy to do this, it’s…
The Wildlife Trusts welcome the Government’s decision to set a net zero target by 2050, in line with recommendations by the Committee on Climate Change. As the first major economy to do this, it’s…
Seeds of hope planted but root and branch change on mammoth scale still needed, say The Wildlife Trusts
Today, the Government published its flagship Net Zero Strategy, which outlines how it intends to achieve Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions across the UK by 2050. The Wildlife Trusts believe that…
The Government is due to publish its flagship strategy shortly for achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions across the UK by 2050. Many are looking to this single document as a sign that the…
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In a week where the foghorn has sounded yet again over continued Government failure to prepare for climate change, we now have the revised Net Zero Strategy, a replacement for an earlier version…
Today the UK Government announced a commitment to 30% of land for nature by 2030. The announcement was made on the same day that The Wildlife Trusts announced their own vision for 30 by 30 and a…
A petition calling for a legal target to halt the decline of nature by 2030 has been handed in to Rt Hon George Eustice MP, the Environment Secretary, today.
Today was the third successive Queen’s Speech which has promised to pass an Environment Bill. With half of wildlife already in long-term decline, there's no time to lose.
The Government has bowed to pressure from the National Farmers Union and agreed to authorise the use of the highly damaging neonicotinoid thiamethoxam for the treatment of sugar beet seed in 2021…
The Wildlife Trusts are appalled that Government ignores public’s plea to improve river health and protected places – and allows nature to flatline for next 20 years
Water policy manager Ali Morse looks at why the target could fail to deliver improvements in the chalk stream reaches where it’s most needed.