Items Tagged 'Climate Change'

• Marine life, fisheries increasingly threatened as the ocean loses oxygen - report
• Could dark carbon be concealing the true scale of ocean ‘dead zones’?
• Progress made at COP25, despite lack of agreement to increase climate ambition
• Climate change increases the risk of wildfires confirms new review
• National Trust calls on Government to back natural climate solutions, as charity ramps up efforts to tackle the ‘greatest threat to its places'
• Growing not planting trees is the key to unlock climate change benefits
• Losing coastal plant communities to climate change will weaken sea defences
• ‘Rule breaking’ plants may be the climate change survivors
• Defuse the ‘weather bomb’ with better protection and stronger resilience says Environment Agency Chief Executive
• Protecting Scotland’s environment
• World’s sandy beaches under threat from climate change
• Global environmental changes are leading to shorter, younger trees – new study
• Climate could cause abrupt British vegetation changes
• Green projects given support to attract private sector investment
• MPs to consider how the Government can enhance healthy ecosystems
• Local peatland restoration project aids fight against climate change
• NRW study confirms Wales’ seas have massive potential for carbon offsetting to tackle the climate emergency
• Younger generation fail to notice environmental decline due to generational amnesia which risks conservation longevity
• LGA launches report to help councils tackle climate change
• LGA and UCL launch Net Zero Innovation Programme
• Official figures reveal not one river or lake in England is in good health
• Conservationists may be forced to relocate cold-loving butterflies over next 50 years, study reveals
• England’s national parks fail to fight climate & nature crisis
• First of its kind business project invests in nature's future
• The Climate Crisis and COVID-19: New research reveals that UK adults want to prioritise the environment as we repair the economy
• February 2020 floods reviews trigger clarion call to step up response to Climate Emergency impacts
• Network Rail sets world-first targets to combat global warming
• Warming of 2°C would release billions of tonnes of soil carbon
• Wetland birds among Arctic animals changing behaviour because of climate change’s rapid transformation of region, according to new data archive
• The Wildlife Trusts to “harness the power of nature” in fight against climate change
• Species more likely to die out with rapid climate change
• Landmark Agriculture Bill becomes law
• National Trust's reaction to the Agricultural Bill
• 134,000 trees to be planted through Urban Tree Challenge Fund
• World could lose coral reefs by end of century, UN environment report warns
• Farming for Change
• Step up climate change adaptation or face serious human and economic damage – UN report
• 2020 ends earth’s warmest 10 years on record
• Risk of extreme droughts likely to increase in Scotland
• John Muir Trust joins COP26 Coalition
• New £10 million fund to drive private sector investment in nature
• New maps reveal how the UK could deliver the 2 billion trees recommended by government advisors
• UN offers science-based blueprint to tackle climate crisis, biodiversity loss and pollution
• State of Moths: New Report shows Britains moths decline by one third
• Consultation launched on environmental principles
• Government on course to weaken post-Brexit environmental principles
• Record-breaking rain more likely due to climate change
• Moors hit targets for carbon capture
• Study in Nature: Protecting the Ocean Delivers a Comprehensive Solution for Climate, Fishing and Biodiversity
• Peatland restoration fund tackles global climate crisis
• Once-in-a-century UK wildfire threats could happen most years by end of century
• Survey of top retailers: only one of 20 says they will eliminate peat this year
• State of the UK's Woods and Trees 2021
• Nature-based solutions should play increased role in tackling climate change
• New major study shows importance of nature in hitting net zero
• Dales peatland ‘a stirring scene of restoration’
• ‘Stressed’ trees share resources to overcome environmental challenges
• National Trust maps out climate threat to coast, countryside and historic places
• Nature has enormous potential to fight climate change and biodiversity loss in the UK, according to new report
• Majority of natural features in good condition
• Government tree plan fails to rise to challenge of climate crisis
• The Wildlife Trusts' response to the Government's Tree Action Plan
• Government plans for nature and net zero announced today
• Natural England launches species reintroductions task force to help drive recovery of declining species
• £30 million official backing for Oxford-led greenhouse gas removal programme
• Environment Bill continues through Parliament
• CLA welcomes the return of the Environment Bill ahead of it becoming law in Autumn
• NatureScot urges gardeners to go peat-free
• Taylor Wimpey commits to ambitious climate and nature goals
• Public concern on human health impact of plastic pollution
• Nature recovery at heart of Natural England vision for year ahead
• What's in a word? - Help bats with the power of one word
• LGA: Local leadership crucial in climate change challenge
• Natural England announces landmark new programme for protected landscapes
• Plans to improve protected landscapes
• Government promises full response to Glover Landscapes Review ‘later this year’
• Bird migration takes plants in wrong direction to cope with climate change
• CPRE comments on the latest progress reports from the independent Climate Change Committee and notes that once again, nature-based solutions are overlooked.
• Recommendations for Action Report
• Trust welcomes recommendations by Scotland’s Climate Assembly for tackling the climate emergency
• SLE responds to Scotland’s Climate Assembly report on climate emergency
• End to coal power brought forward to October 2024
• Reaction: End of UK coal power bought forward
• UK must slash its global footprint by 75% this decade
• Innovative nature projects awarded funding to drive private investment
• Coastal ecosystems being ‘burned’ by double whammy of rising temperatures and ocean acidification
• Wetlands Can! WWT's major new campaign calls for the creation of 100,000 hectares of healthy wetlands
• New survey - Herpetofauna in a changing world: the impacts of climate change on UK herpetofauna
• Satellites track "bog breathing" to help monitor peatlands
• Climate change continues to be evident across UK
• Earth Overshoot Day marks the launch of 100 Days of Possibility leading to COP26
• Proposed Hedgerow Carbon Code could unlock more than £60m income for farmers, as development project receives £81k funding
• Action plan for nature-based jobs
• Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying
• UK calls for greater global ambition as UN finds world warming faster than expected
• Landmark report stresses urgency of climate crisis
• Cities are making mammals bigger
• Thousands of hectares of vital peatland to be restored to help tackle climate change and protect biodiversity
• Support to protect Scotland’s coastlines
• BGCI Launches the State of the World's Trees Report
• New handbook for schools and children to act on climate change
• "YOUR Climate needs YOU!"
• Groundwork receives over £100,000 to improve local rivers
• Working with and for nature: creating new habitat at Cotehele quay
• Scotland’s climate targets are at risk of going up in smoke
• Increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere teaches old oaks new tricks
• Time to fix our broken water sector report: Thames21 responds
• Adapt or die, says Environment Agency
• It’s tree planting season, what are you waiting for?
• Climate change and human pressure mean migration may be “no longer worth it”, say researchers
• UK's path to net zero set out in landmark strategy
• Chancellor urged to commit at least £1.2bn annual nature funding ahead of climate talks
• Climate change might make winter bird migration a thing of the past
• Award showcases best climate-adapted woodlands in England ahead of COP26
• Budget shows ‘no ambition’ for countryside, says leading rural group
• Spending Review ‘shockingly bad’
• World Heritage forests releasing more carbon than they absorb due to pressure from human activity and climate change
• Study shows how 1.5°C temperature rise can cause significant changes in coastal species
• $12 billion donor support to halt and reverse forest loss and protect land rights
• Step up climate change adaptation efforts or face huge disruption: UN report
• Britain’s best-loved birds could disappear from much of our coastline
• Paris Agreement will not be reached without urgent ocean action, study says
• Carbon-saving Cambridgeshire project to be showcased at COP26
• Youth Manifesto calls for action on climate change
• Protected and Conserved Areas Around the World Sign First Ever Joint Statement on Climate Change and Biodiversity
• New research: Only 1 in 5 young people believe they are listened to when it comes to decisions on climate change and the environment
• English North Sea Blue Carbon Report
• COP26 – Councils trusted most to lead the fight against climate change – new survey finds
• COP26: Baby steps forward, when giant leaps were needed
• Climate change could cause more animals to get divorced
• Nature fund awards £5m to tackle biodiversity loss and climate change
• Every household in Wales will be given a free tree to plant as part of the Welsh Government’s commitment to tackle climate change
• Transformative changemakers named UN's 2021 Champions of the Earth
• Growing woodland to withstand storms and gales
• Major grant to help capture carbon in the Broads
• Nation’s largest environmental charities call on the Prime Minister to make New Year’s resolutions to tackle the climate and nature crises
• Wildlife left reeling by fires and storms – the ‘new climate normal’, warns The National Trust
• Tree planting at Beinn Eighe increases woodland by 41%
• Study shows how temperate rainforests can aid the fight against climate change
• UK plants flowering a month earlier due to climate change
• Councils urged to sign 'motion for the ocean'
• NERC invests £40 million in a green future for the UK
• Number of wildfires to rise by 50% by 2100 and governments are not prepared, experts warn
• Climate change: a threat to human wellbeing and health of the planet. Taking action now can secure our future
• Wilder Future report
• Leading organisations come together with WWT to help create 100,000 hectares of healthy wetlands across the UK
• Swallows have started spending the winter in Britain instead of migrating 6,000 miles to South Africa, according to
• Blue releases targeted report into a UK voluntary blue carbon market
• Relocating farmland could turn back clock twenty years on carbon emissions
• £10 million to provide long-term income for woodland creation with fifth auction of Woodland Carbon Guarantee
• UKRI report outlines key priorities for climate change adaptation
• The evidence is clear: the time for action is now. We can halve emissions by 2030
• IPCC highlights the multiple benefits of restoring wetlands to combat climate change
• Climate change has caused Britain's butterflies to get bigger
• New study offers hope that conservation can help nature adapt to climate change
• UK’s first community carbon share spotlights rewilding’s community benefits
• Extended cold weather snap could be damning for wildlife this spring
• New study illustrates scale of potential for the development of UK offshore wind
• UK wildlife watchers welcome "ecological refugees"
• Climate change is affecting Scotland’s lochs and reservoirs
• Biodiversity recovery, clean water in the River Avon, and net zero farming by 2040 – new Environmental Farmers Group sets out its bold ambitions
• How mud pies could provide a lifeline for birds as 9 day heatwave spreads across the UK
• Ambitious green finance initiative launched
• Wildlife Trust welcomes farmers’ response to new approaches to speeding up efforts to tackle nature and climate crisis
• ‘Moth Motorways’ could help resist climate change impact
• Planting on damaged peatland at Armboth Fell will help tackle climate change and restore habitat for wildlife
• British coral predicted to be resilient to climate change
• The Crown Estate commits £50million to accelerate the UK’s offshore energy ambitions and protect the marine environment
• UK Government Minister for Scotland backs UNESCO bid for The Flow Country
• Glasgow City Region’s peatlands set to help fight climate change
• Rare ‘rainbow birds’ set up summer home in Norfolk, thousands of miles from home
• Conservation Charities & Agencies combine forces to tackle the impact of climate change on the UK’s heritage
• Major UK landowner assesses climate risk across 400 square miles
• ‘The answers are at our fingertips’: Charities call on MPs for urgent scaling up of climate solutions
• Case studies in demand to highlight land and nature improvements
• Global warming may not be as bad for animal reproduction as thought, study suggests
• Farmers move forward on Broads peat restoration partnership
• Environment Agency report sets out urgent need to work with nature
• Bison released into the wild to tackle climate change as UK temperatures soar
• Derbyshire’s young ‘Green Influencers’ awarded £15,000 to launch their own environmental action projects
• Almost £5 million awarded to projects to fight climate change in Scotland
• Seasalt partners with Cornwall Wildlife Trust on pioneering seagrass restoration project
• UK horticulture sector reports significant drop in the use of peat
• Scientists envisage climate change will severely impact bird communities by 2080
• The value of seagrass to the planet’s future is far greater than appreciated
• Mayor announces £4m funding for a greener, more climate-resilient city
• Monocultures or mixed species? Surprising research shows how forests cope with drought
• New measures needed to help struggling wildlife cope with water shortages
• Donkeys, dolphins and saxifrages get helping hand with £15million extra funding for nature
• How restoring Wales’ bogs is improving water and wildfire security during dry weather
• Restoration of peatlands: Flooding is not the ideal solution
• Insects struggle to adjust to extreme temperatures making them vulnerable to climate change, study finds
• The Launch of Curriculum for a Changing Climate
• National Trust warns ‘typical’ British autumn spectacular could be at risk in future due to climate extremes
• New Wavenet data shows record breaking UK sea temperatures
• “Superhero’’ sphagnum moss reduces flood risk
• Biodiversity Deep Dive prompts Welsh Government to triple peatland restoration in nature recovery promise
• LIFEquake project launch
• Derbyshire Wildlife Trust awarded £100,000 to boost investment in nature
• New Thames channel reopens river to wildlife in £2m project
• Accelerating action to tackle nature and climate crises
• First ever UK woodland natural flood management guide published
• Continued disruption of seasonal weather is causing spring activities in autumn
• Could creating more mud become as important as tree planting in fight against climate change?
• Two new “dam” good beaver enclosures to be built thanks to funding from ground-breaking Environmental partnership
• World Soil Day - Where Food Begins
• Natural History Museum to lead new Department for Education partnership in England and put climate change and biodiversity loss at the heart of education
• No sign of decrease in global CO2 emissions
• Environment Secretary calls for action to protect and restore nature at COP27
• Yorkshire Wildlife Park supports 'ground breaking' polar bear research
• Four Nation Call for Nature to Remain at Top of Government Agenda
• North West net zero ambitions boosted thanks to peatland partnership
• Esri UK provides mapping expertise for Department for Education’s major new climate project
• £2 m water quality project to protect river ecosystems
• New online tool helps land managers contribute to climate targets
• UK woodlands could store almost twice as much carbon as previously estimated
• 2022 Wavenet data shows record breaking UK sea temperatures
• No ‘one size fits all’ heather management method for protecting carbon-rich peatlands
• Writing a Sustainable Future
• Huge campaign win as government sets hedgerow targets
• New damselfly sharing habitat with UK natives
• New climate change hub launched for forestry sector
• Scientists take the first steps to resurrect extinct plant species
• Restoring nature to enable communities and coastlines to counter the threat of climate change
• Billions of tonnes of ice lost from Antarctic Ice sheet
• Moths threatened by climate change could be saved by better water management
• Wildfire and drainage accelerate carbon loss from northern peatlands
• Twilight zone at risk from climate change
• Kent Wildlife Trust lay out ambition to increase wildlife abundance and climate resilience across 30% of Kent in new 2030 strategy
• New report reveals Scottish farming must adapt to reflect climate change and nature loss
• Ofwat award farmland water “battery” storage and leak-detecting broadband cables in latest innovation competition
• New global temperature records on the horizon
• WWT awarded £21 million to restore coastal saltmarsh in UK
• Conservationists say Government is “lagging behind” on preparing for climate change, ahead of ‘make or break’ adaptation programme
• White Cliffs of Dover display stark climate change message
• UK’s cuckoos unable to adjust migrations to keep up with climate change
• Ecological ‘doom loops’ edging closer
• Climate change impacts June temperature records
• Climate change and pollution threat to mountain plants and fungi
• Met Office makes climate data more accessible to help organisations respond to climate change
• RSPB demands immediate action to help struggling seabirds following marine heatwave off UK coast
• Bees get week early wakeup call from warming climate
• Beavers released in Northumberland to help tackle the effects of climate change and boost nature
• £800,000 partner scheme improves land for nature and climate resilience across the New Forest
• Climate change is exacerbating hazel dormouse decline, new research confirms
• We urgently need to protect England’s nature
• “Government has no credible plan” – reaction to report on progress towards goal of protecting 30% of England for nature
• Red Admirals take surprising early lead in 2023 Big Butterfly Count
• Nature charities call on political leaders to increase ambition on environment
• Biodiversity Net Gain: Aftercare is not an afterthought
• The natural capital sector is growing fast and there are many opportunities for a varied career.
• New legal targets proposed for nature recovery
• Summit to sea nature restoration continues at Ben Wyvis
• Revealed: UK ‘woefully under-prepared’ to face increasing threat of wildfires
• How to Be a Good Environmental Fundraiser
• Biodiversity, climate change and health
• New Forest National Park Authority secures £1.4 million climate action scheme to connect young people to nature
• UK seaweeds face an uncertain future in a warming ocean
• Drifting crustaceans could hold key to climate change
• Climate change could limit bats' lifespans
• New riverbank woodlands help tackle rising temperatures and reinstate healthy river systems
• 27 woodlands join National Forest for Wales
• Best of the Best UK Award-winners announced
• Brits do not feel prepared for climate change, warn councils
• Warming climate and storms see Bewick's make latest arrival since 1965
• Groundbreaking scientific research project at Snaizeholme will tackle the impacts of extreme weather
• Adapting to climate change needs our ‘urgent, unswerving attention’ says National Trust with launch of landmark report
• Government pledges to boost Britain’s access to nature ahead of COP28
• Study highlights impact of climate change on marine ecosystems
• Derbyshire Wildlife Trust urges UK Government to raise ambition on nature recovery at COP28
• Botany must feature more prominently on the school curriculum to promote awareness of climate change, study warns
• Future of 200 migratory bird species put at risk by cyclones and droughts
• Our climate report highlights dramatic impacts on whales and dolphins
• Remote Essex island ‘lets the sea in’ to create new saltmarsh in fight against climate change
• Major UN report on climate change and migratory species published
• Climate change causing 60% of plants and insects to fall out of synch
• BBOWT nature reserves offering haven from climate change, survey results show
• UK nature feels the impact of seasonal “baseline shift” and extreme weather events as 2023 set to be warmest year on record
• 2023 was second warmest year on record for UK
• NERC invests in a new generation of environmental scientists
• National Trust uses ‘Isaac Newton’s lockdown legacy’ to launch Time + Space Award for young people
• Scotland's terrestrial breeding bird numbers show effects of climate change
• Hottest on record is becoming old news, we must tackle climate change in Kent before it is too late
• More of the same: Study reveals winners and losers from climate and land-use change
• Side effects of wide scale forestation could reduce carbon removal benefits by up to a third
• Woman, 54, buys mountain, plants ¼ million trees
• Study raises concerns over rising river temperatures in Scotland
• Smart regulation crucial to deliver environmental improvement and net zero
• Bees need food up to a month earlier than provided by recommended pollinator plants
• Climate change is causing days to get longer by slowing down the Earth
• Cutting-edge technology will boost real-time monitoring of remote peatlands
• New national research project to focus on Essex saltmarsh
• Wildlife and climate campaigners unite in what could be the biggest ever march for nature
• Saturated soils could impact survival of young trees planted to address climate change
• Think Beyond Business as Usual
• New research predicts future impact of climate change on threatened UK marine species
• Extreme weather is opening the floodgates to nature invaders in the UK
• Nature survey will help wildlife charity protect UK wildlife
• DAERA announces new £3 million fund for local peatland restoration
• Landmark study definitively shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss
• For the first time, global temperatures above limit for an entire year
• Save our fruit and veg
• Planting for the future: How Kew is protecting its plants to 2090
• Restoring eroded peatlands reduces flood risk for communities downstream
• New report reveals that nature-friendly farming budget is inadequate to meet climate and nature targets
• A joined-up approach to tackle interlinked crisis: a window of opportunity for climate change and biodiversity
• Where are all the Butterflies?
• Mind bog-gling new study reveals Marsden Moor stores over a million tonnes of carbon
• Pioneering project uses nature to reduce flood risk in Weardale
• Forest restoration can boost people, nature and climate simultaneously
• New report reveals drought is now considered the biggest risk to UK nature reserves
• Deer cull incentive schemes launch to help tackle nature and climate crises
• Urgent government action needed to tackle UK's biodiversity crisis, says new IPPR report
• Are beachgoers driving our wildlife away?
• New report celebrates UK peatland restoration – but climate and nature targets still at risk
• Manchester wetter farming trial receives funding to continue vital climate change work
• SWL joins project to protect rivers from climate impacts
• £6m for 19 innovation projects to monitor environmental change
• State of Global Water Resources 2023
• 8,000 hectares of land in Herefordshire supporting climate resilience
• Flux tower will see how much carbon gets stored in new saltmarsh
• Cutting-edge flooding programmes deliver big results for communities and environment
• New £10m centre to tackle the health impacts of climate change
• Climate change drives butterflies north
• Data shows low fruit yield after wet spring
• UK injects £14.5 million in land use and net zero research
• 2024: provisionally the fourth warmest year on record for the UK
• Historic canals championed as solutions to UK's modern challenges
• Director General marks National Trust’s 130th birthday by unveiling ambitious plans for the next decade
• Why wetlands? What are the benefits to wildlife, climate and humans?
• Action urged over climate change’s impact on hydropower and wildlife
• £15m investment in research to help UK prepare for climate change
• CPRE The Countryside Charity volunteering: Adapting to changing times
• Future of UK peatlands under threat due to climate change
• UK not fully prepared for impacts of climate change, say Fire Chiefs
• Mayor of London and TCV join forces to plant 70,000 trees
• Bristol part of UK initiative to advance monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions
• Reintroducing wolves to Scottish Highlands could help address climate emergency
• How can we forecast climate tipping points? By capturing the pulse of our ocean
• UK peatland fires are supercharging carbon emissions as climate change causes hotter, drier summers
• Tree planting celebrates partnership of science projects and charitable donations
• Climate change made severe UK fires in 2022 six times more likely
• New coalition awarded $5 million to turn the tide on the Thames
• Confor backs plan to build resilience in Scotland’s forests
• New wetter farming project brings together partners across Europe
• European bird declines linked to range of climatic conditions experienced
• Statement: Welcoming the Future Generations Report 2025
• ‘Grave concern’ at Natural Resources Wales plan to reduce responses to pollution incidents
• Double record breaker: Spring 2025 is warmest and sunniest on UK record
• Land Use Framework must drive investment in nature and boost climate resilience
• Wildlife declining in UK woods despite more tree cover, major new report reveals
• Waitrose backs British farmers to introduce low carbon farming projects
• Arctic peatlands expanding as climate warms
• Downturn in fortunes: Long Nanny terns face mounting pressures from climate change and disease
• Over 50% of Scots worry about climate change every day
• Annual climate stocktake shows weather records and extremes now the norm in UK Climate
• State of UK Climate Report finds weather extremes now the norm in the UK
• New scientific partnership for climate and nature
• Funding nature’s future: Force for Nature grant scheme reopens for 2025
• Global hunt for ‘positive tipping points’
• Mediterranean butterfly spotted in the UK for the first time - twice!
• Record-breaking ocean temperatures raise alarm for Cornwall’s marine wildlife
• Growing the forests of the future
• Extreme fire risk in the North York Moors: Public urged to consider their actions
• Deep trouble – future seafloor marine heatwaves will surpass surface extremes
• Building climate resilience
• Summer 2025 is the warmest on record for the UK 
• Butterflies fail to shine despite hottest UK summer on record
• Climate-resilient forests boosted by new state-of-the-art tree seed processing centre
• Drought expected to continue through autumn despite recent rain
• Historic Brockenhurst Park Estate restoration boosts nature and tackles climate challenges
• IPCC seeks experts to review the first draft of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities
• Insects in Britain facing local upheavals
• Forestry carbon information resource launches on the Climate Change Hub
• Treaty breakthrough brings more ocean protection closer
• New report shows UK nature bearing brunt of chaotic climate
• Why Native British Breeds Belong on Your Plate in a Warming World
• New report reveals how to tackle climate change through nature
• CoastCraft to inspire next generation of environmental champions to fight virtual coastal erosion
• Protecting and restoring rainforests
• Experts alarmed by huge drop in porpoise sightings off north Wales coast
• Road to COP30: Brazil shows how protecting nature can protect ourselves
• Threatened species and precious habitats to be better protected with new funding boost for overseas conservation projects
• ‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point
• As flood threats rise, powerful animated film earns spot at Manchester Animation Festival
• Domestic tree production essential to hit climate and nature targets
• Locking carbon in trees and soils could ‘stabilise climate for centuries’ – but only if combined with underground storage
• Climate change falls over 20% behind top global concern in 2025 new Ipsos survey reveals 
• Climate plan captures clean energy benefits and boosts investment
• ‘Derailment’ warning as world faces threats to its ability to act on climate change
• 75% of Britain’s waterways face financial peril as almost all brace for heavier winter rainfall
• Scotland’s agriculture skills and funding ‘not fit for purpose’