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Government urged to include updated energy laws in Queen’s Speech

An organisation representing energy suppliers has called for the Government to make the biggest changes to the UK’s energy laws for a decade amid a deepening crisis caused by high gas prices. Energy UK said the upcoming Queen’s Speech should include ...

06 May 2022 at 14:25

Scientists embark on world-first study to reveal carbon stored in UK seas

The UK will become the first nation to produce a full map of its blue carbon stores. Led by the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) and funded by WWF-UK, it builds on blue carbon mapping that began in Scotland. Initial findings are ...

13 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Tiger numbers surge in Nepal following 12-year conservation programme

The number of wild tigers in Nepal has more than doubled to 355 over the past 12 years following an intensive conservation programme, the country’s government has announced. Nepal was one of a number of countries that set a target at a ...

29 Jul 2022 at 11:45

UK ‘complicit’ in Amazon destruction, campaigners warn

The UK is “complicit” in the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, conservationists have warned, as they called for immediate action to halt wildlife declines. WWF’s Living Planet report, which charts the fortunes of thousands of ...

13 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Government plans falling short of net zero farming pledges, report finds

The Government’s plans on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from farming and land use fall short of pledges made in its original net zero strategy, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The organisation said on ...

28 Apr 2023 at 12:25

‘Substantial gap’ between Government insulation targets and delivery

The Government is on track to insulate just one sixth of the homes needed to meet its target of reducing energy consumption by 15%, according to a new analysis. WWF UK and ScottishPower said there is a “substantial gap” ...

26 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Countries gather for UN biodiversity summit to negotiate halting nature crisis

Countries are gathering in Colombia for negotiations over halting and reversing the global declines in nature. The UK Government named nature policy expert Ruth Davis as Britain’s first “Special Representative for ...

21 Oct 2024 at 00:01

FKA Twigs creates nature project artwork to inspire children to change the world

British singer-songwriter FKA Twigs has said she wanted to create artwork for The Wild Escape project to inspire children to have a “genuine connection” with nature as was instilled in her when she was growing up....

24 Jan 2023 at 15:32

Scotland

Holyrood passes Climate Change Bill branded an ‘admission of failure’

Climate change legislation which has been branded an “admission of failure” and a “humiliating climbdown” has been passed by Holyrood. MSPs formally approved legislation which the Scottish Government was forced ...

06 Nov 2024 at 08:48

Scotland

Nature charities demand increased urgency from politicians on climate crisis

The leaders of Scotland’s political parties are not responding to the combined climate and nature crises with the “urgency required” a coalition of nature charities has insisted. Twenty-six groups have joined ...

14 Aug 2023 at 00:01

World

Iberian lynx back from brink of extinction

Things are looking up for the Iberian lynx. Just over two decades ago, the pointy-eared wild cat was on the brink of extinction, but as of Thursday the International Union for Conservation of Nature says it ...

20 Jun 2024 at 14:40

Scotland

Renewable energy generation hits record high

Renewable energy generation in Scotland has reached a record high, new figures show. The 7,358 gigawatt hours (GWh) produced in April, May and June of this year was a 36% increase on the same timeframe in ...

13 Oct 2022 at 01:01

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