Extra funding helps farmers diversify into forestry and help fight climate change
Scottish farmers and crofters are being offered £1 million in funding to diversify into forestry and help with the fight against climate change.
The money...
Soil quality key to increasing crop production and resilience to climate change, research says
High-quality cropland soils limit losses in response to warmer climates and support higher yields, according to new research.
The international team of experts, including Professor...
Nearly all FTSE 100 companies have met the Parker Review’s ‘One before 2021’ target...
The Parker Review committee has published the results of its latest voluntary census on the ethnic diversity of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies’...
New study finds UK litter is dominated by plastics and drinks packaging
A new study looking at litter in the UK, led by Loughborough University geographer Dr Tom Stanton, found the majority of UK litter is...
Researchers team up with distillery to address water scarcity and protect whisky production
Researchers from the University of Aberdeen and James Hutton Institute have worked with The Glenlivet distillery to introduce environmentally sustainable solutions at Chivas Brothers’...
£2m for locally-led green recovery projects on Scottish islands
Island communities in Scotland will benefit from a £2 million programme of locally-led green projects designed to help support their economic recovery from the...
First sites announced for the Welsh National Forest
Locations across Wales have been earmarked as “exemplar sites” for a National Forest – a connected network of forests which will span the length...
New guidance launched to help public sector organisations to decarbonise
A mass of resources produced by the Modern Energy Partners (MEP) programme, including tools and templates, have been launched to assist public sector organisations...
New digital twin of the Earth to be developed help tackle climate change and...
Together with partnering organisations, the European Commission has launched the Destination Earth initiative to develop a highly accurate digital model of the Earth.
Supported with...
Biologically derived, sustainable products an upcoming industry within global agriculture, says report
Global agriculture is facing some serious challenges over the next century, with decades of reliance on chemical fertilisers and pesticides beginning to take their...
