Green Recovery Capacity Building Scheme opens for environmental organisations in Wales
The Green Recovery Capacity Building Scheme is a new £920,000 revenue grant scheme to increase capacity within the environmental non-governmental organisation (eNGO) sector.
The scheme...
London Mayor announces £90 million towards new green bonds
Earlier this week Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, outlined proposals to secure more than £500 million for investing in climate action by issuing...
Half of UK councils not confident of meeting self-imposed net zero targets, survey finds
Senior figures in local government doubt their authorities are on track to meet net zero targets, a new survey by E.ON and the Local...
Sewage pollution incidents threaten UK water quality, new report claims
A new environmental report released by ocean conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage claims water companies are 'routinely' discharging untreated sewage into UK waters.
The 2020...
New body to be created to support decarbonisation of Welsh industry
A new body is to be created to support Welsh industry decarbonise and create new jobs in the green industries of the future, Economy...
Bristol collaboration helps reporting SDGs on local level
The Office for National Statistics, the Bristol City Office and the University of Bristol are working together to help improve the accessibility of data...
Warrington council’s green bond reaches £1m target despite pandemic
Warrington Borough Council’s local government green bond has closed after reaching its £1 million target last week.
The Community Municipal Investment, which attracted over 500...
New ‘Let’s do Net Zero’-campaign launched in Scotland ahead of COP26
A major TV, radio and digital campaign highlighting the benefits a net zero society has been launched in Scotland ahead of COP26.
The Let’s do...
New Scope 3 Measurement & Reporting Protocols launched for UK Food & Drink businesses
A 'world’s first' methodology to accurately measure and report food and drink greenhouse gas emissions consistently has been announced by Climate action NGO WRAP.
The...
Scotland becomes first UK nation to ban problematic plastics
Scotland has become the first part of the UK to implement a ban on many of the most problematic single-use plastics, as legislation comes...
