Climate change
‘Climate indicator’ sea slugs, whales and returning wildlife in UK seas in 2024
The Wildlife Trusts’s marine review of the year reveals conservation comebacks and calls for greater protection of the waters around the UK.
‘Fundamental change’ to nature-harming industries needed, UN report warns
The global study on tackling the nature crisis also warns that people need to reconnect with nature and that financial systems must be reformed.
Scientists developing potatoes that could withstand heatwaves
A team of researchers described their work as ‘a promising avenue for yield increases in the face of a warming planet’.
Spoonbills, spiders and a rare bird helped by wasps among ‘nature wins’ in 2024
The RSPB is highlighting some of the year’s conservation successes as it warns of the challenges nature faces in 2025.
Tackling climate change alone could harm nature and water crises, experts say
An international body of experts say biodiversity loss, water and food insecurity, health risks and climate change should not be addressed in silos.
Big banks urged to step up on sustainable finance in 2025
ShareAction warned the banks they can expect to see shareholder action next year if they fail to meet investor expectations for greener practices.
Campaign groups to take part in appeal bids over M25 protest sentencing
Friends of the Earth said that it and Greenpeace UK would intervene in support of five protesters seeking to appeal against their sentences.
More than six million homes and businesses ‘in flood-risk areas’ in England
The figure has increased from 5.5 million in the last Environment Agency assessment in 2018 to 6.3 million.
Starmer: UK and Norway two of best-placed countries for carbon capture
The Prime Minister travelled to Bergen to meet his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Store to mark a new green industrial partnership.
Ministers to be given powers to bypass local opposition to onshore wind farms
The Government unveiled a major action plan on Friday to reach 95% clean energy in the UK by the end of the decade.