New National Park in Wales would bring a multitude of benefits
The proposal for a new National Park in North-East Wales marks a significant milestone, being the first designation of its kind in over 60 years. Now, a new report outlines…
climate chaos in the Amazon rainforest
As Brazil prepares to host the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP30, the Brazilian government is sending a powerful message about its commitment to environmental conservation and sustainable development.…
Overfishing is an unfolding disaster that Labour must act on
The Labour Party government has been called upon to act over the overfishing crisis endangering ocean health around UK shores. It comes as a new report details a roadmap of…
green growth or good old greenwashing?
Brazil’s push to expand biofuels is central to its strategy to “drive the decarbonisation agenda” and build a robust “bioeconomy,” setting the stage for this to become a major focus…
CBD COP16 has a chance to STOP harmful biomass subsidies
Subsidies for large-scale centralised energy generation from forest biomass must be phased out urgently starting next year as nations agreed in Target 18 (see below) of the 2022 Global Biodiversity…
Israel’s genocide in Gaza is fuelling the climate & biodiversity crises
For over a year now, Israel has been indiscriminately carpet bombing the Middle East. In the first 60 days alone, Israel’s aerial bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza generated an…
Reuters Sustainability Awards disrupted by activists
Environmental activists have disrupted the Reuters Sustainability Awards ceremony in central London – stacked with big polluters. They aptly branded the event “The Greenwashing Awards” as the likes of corporate…
Rosebank legal challenges will go ahead against fossil fuel firms
A court in Scotland has given the green-light for legal challenges against the climate-wrecking Rosebank oilfield project in the North Sea. The decision potentially paves the way to ending the…
Butterfly emergency declared by charity, ‘big count’ sees huge fall
Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation has today declared a national ‘Butterfly Emergency’, with results of this summer’s Big Butterfly Count showing a marked and hugely concerning decline in numbers. Butterfly emergency…
Environmental Standards Scotland exposed for multiple failings
A new report published by the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) has identified a series of failures at Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS), an environmental watchdog established post-Brexit to scrutinise and enforce…
Chris Packham demands government intervene in hunting scandal
Campaign group Protect the Wild has released a damning new report detailing the high levels of wildlife persecution and animal rights violations that took place during the 2023/24 hunting season.…
most of public support criminal action for politicians
Nearly three out of four people (72%) surveyed across 18 G20 countries support making it a criminal offence for government or leaders of large businesses to approve or permit actions…