£160 million investment for forestry and agriculture to help Scotland’s green recovery
An additional £100 million has been announced in the Programme for Government for Scottish Forestry to increase new planting, alongside £30 million to Forestry...
Water companies pledge to protect rare chalk streams
A group of water companies have vowed to invest millions of pounds to protect the country’s chalk streams by reducing the amount of water...
Net zero transition must be fair, says new report
The Government should follow the principles set out by Climate Assembly UK and ensure fairness underpins net zero transition, according to a new Business,...
More than half of UK pension funds investing in people and planet, survey finds
A survey of UK pension funds, representing total assets under management of c£150bn, reveals that just over 50% hold some form of impact investment...
Climate change poses a ‘serious health risk’ to the most vulnerable in Wales, Chief...
An increase in unusual weather events, such as extreme heat, cold and flood events, is likely to disproportionately affect the most vulnerable living in...
Transparency needed on corporations purchasing viable farm land for carbon offset schemes to avoid...
Greater transparency and information is needed about the purchase of viable farm land in Wales by corporations using carbon offset schemes, the Welsh Affairs...
£49m funding boost to drive green transport projects
£49 million government funding has been announced to support the automotive sector’s quest to go green.
31 projects are receiving a portion of £10 million...
New research to step up UK resilience to impacts of climate change
New £5m research programme to step up the UK’s resilience to the impacts of climate change has been announced by the government.
The research programme,...
Government commits to ‘nature-positive’ future
More of the Government’s largest new infrastructure projects must leave nature and biodiversity in an overall better state than before development, as the Government...
European Commission outlines plan to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels ‘well before’...
The European Commission has proposed an outline of a plan to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels 'well before' 2030, starting with gas,...
