environment
Urgent bid to conserve Ireland’s internationally important seabird population as consultation into strategy launched
The public consultation on Northern Ireland's first seabird conservation strategy closes on December 16
UK pledges £239m to forest-rich nations to fight climate change at Cop29
The money will go to countries like Colombia and Indonesia to support vital global ‘carbon sinks’.
Jude Law says fossil fuel companies need to answer for their actions
Celebrities including Sir Mark Rylance and Aisling Bea are backing the Global Witness Payback Time campaign.
Cop29 president faces pressure over LSE climate academic detained in Azerbaijan
Dozens of fellow academics have called for the release of the London School of Economics professor Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu detained in Azerbaijan.
Award-winning author delays receiving £50,000 prize over ‘fossil fuel’ concerns
Richard Flanagan became the first to win the non-fiction Baillie Gifford Prize and a Booker Prize for fiction, which he took in 2014.
Water dispensers available to passengers on UK trains in European first
Avanti West Coast said free filtered water is available across its Pendolino and Evero trains.
Chris Packham - ‘Northern Ireland is pretty under-rated for its wildlife’
David Roy chats to high-profile TV presenter, environmentalist and self-described ‘biodiversity fiend’ Chris Packham, who will be in conversation at Our Stories in Belfast this week...
Starmer bids to ‘restore UK’s role as climate leader’ with green global alliance
The Prime Minister launched the UK-led Global Clean Power Alliance, which will involve several countries including Brazil, Canada and France.
Curlew species thought to be extinct by conservationists in first for Europe
The slender-billed curlew could be the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europe, north Africa and west Asia.