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
29 Sep 2020
Boris Johnson promises to protect 30% of UK’s land by 2030
Nice gesture shame about the facts. It has been 10 years since the Conservative Government came in promising to leave our environment ‘in a better state than it found it’. So far not much evidence of that – just read the state of the rivers report. BBC ‘Boris Johnson promises to protect 30% of UK’s […]
29 Sep 2020
The Government response to Greenpeace’s action at Dogger Bank – Defra
The Government response to Greenpeace’s action at Dogger Bank – Defra Posted by: Defra Press Office Defra – The Government’s response to the Greenpeace Action 23rd September 2020 ‘There is coverage in The Times, Daily Telegraph, The Herald and Channel 4 News (00:48) of the ongoing Greenpeace action at Dogger Bank Special Area of Conservation (SAC), where yesterday Greenpeace […]
29 Sep 2020
Marine policy Statement revised in light of leaving the EU
UK marine policy statement MMO/Defra ‘This Marine Policy Statement (MPS) is the framework for preparing Marine Plans and taking decisions affecting the marine environment. The Marine Policy Statement will contribute to the achievement of sustainable development in the United Kingdom marine area. It has been prepared and adopted for the purposes of section 44 of […]
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