16 Oct 2025
Image description: High river levels after flooding. Image by Laughing Cynic from Pixabay The government has pledged to fund new flood defences for deprived communities across the UK, under reforms they say aim to safeguard England’s renewal by better protecting homes and businesses from flooding. The Government said rules on allocating flood defence funding […]
28 Aug 2025
Image description: Okavango delta, River, Landscape. Image by Christo Ras from Pixabay Nature-Based Infrastructure fund Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF) has committed £25 million to the Cornerstone Portfolio of Rebalance Earth’s forthcoming nature-based Infrastructure Fund. The investment marks one of the most significant allocations to nature in the British Isles, treating nature as infrastructure by […]
28 Aug 2025
Image description: sunset over a peat bog in the Scottish Highlands. Image by K B / Unsplash To improve our understanding of the conditions needed to restore peatlands, Professor Graeme Swindles from the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University has been leading a team to calculate peat accumulation rates over the […]
22 May 2025
Image description: Radcliffe Camera in Radcliffe square, Oxford. Image by Lina Kivaka / Pixabay. Major flood defences designed to protect all homes, businesses and crucial infrastructure in Oxford at risk of flooding from the River Thames have been approved by the government. The Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme will be built along the River Thames […]
15 May 2025
Image description: A river damn with trees and a grey sky in the background. Image by Marta Wave / Pexels. The Dam Removal Europe 2024 report showcases the growing momentum behind the removal of dams and other river barriers. For the first time, removals surpassed 500 in a single year, soaring to a new […]
13 May 2025
Image description: Two yellow diggers carrying out beach renourishment work in Lincolnshire. Image by: Van Oord / Environment Agency. Sand will be topped up on beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point to reduce the risk of flooding for Lincolnshire’s coastal communities. Over the next 4 to 5 weeks, around 200,000 to 500,000 cubic metres […]
08 May 2025
Image description: Merlin Hanbury-Tenison, founder of the Thousand Year Trust, sitting on a tree trunk with his dog, wearing a blue shirt, jeans and brown hat. Photograph: Bex Aston/The Observer Scaling up and restoring the connections between Britain’s rainforests is key to their long-term survival in the face of climate change. Planting native trees […]
06 May 2025
A new report led by the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) highlights that the UK and Ireland could face more very severe winter storms in the future. Photo: Marcus Woodbridge The findings come from the latest Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) Storms and Waves Rolling Evidence Update, which looks at how storm and […]
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