29 Sep 2020
29 Sep 2020
World leaders pledge to halt biodiversity destruction
The United Nations Summit on Biodiversity on 30 September 2020 will highlight the crisis facing humanity from the degradation of biodiversity and the urgent need to accelerate action on biodiversity for sustainable development. In advance of the Summit, France, Germany and UK were among more than 60 countries promising to put wildlife and climate at heart […]
29 Sep 2020
What does China’s carbon-neutral target for 2060 mean for global climate action?
From Euractiv Much of the EU’s climate diplomacy is geared towards convincing big polluting countries to go green. This week, that partly paid off when China pledged to go carbon-neutral by 2060, which may even help Europe be more environmentally ambitious. Back in late 2018, the European Commission was drafting its 2050 climate plan. Senior […]
29 Sep 2020
BBC report reveals dual flush toilet systems waste billions of litres of water every week
From Water Briefing An investigation which will be broadcast on the BBC Costing the Earth radio 4 programme later today (29 Sept) has found that dual flush toilet systems are wasting billions of litres of water every week. The report by Tom Heap will reveal how dual flush toilet systems in use every day – […]
29 Sep 2020
Unlocking the Severn
22 Sep 2020
Every single river in England is dirty and fails pollution quality tests
Covered by the BBC and in the Guardian All rivers in England have been declared dirty after every single one failed to meet quality tests for pollution, according to a review by the Environment Agency. Just 14 per cent of England’s rivers are in good overall environmental condition – while not one of them is […]
22 Sep 2020
Major UN biodiversity report – Urgent change needed to save species
Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO) is the flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). It is a periodic report that summarizes the latest data on the status and trends of biodiversity and draws conclusions relevant to the further implementation of the Convention. GBO-5 provides global summary of progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and […]
22 Sep 2020
Investing in nature is an investment in the NHS
The Environment Agency’s ‘The State of the Environment: health, people and the environment’ shows the green inequality in society. The report – which brings together a wide range of evidence – finds that people living in deprived areas are not only more likely to have poorer health outcomes, they also have poorer quality environments and […]
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