Major expansion of English woodlands announced
The UK government has allocated more than £44m of funding to help treble tree planting rates in England by the end of this parliament and drive net-zero emissions.
Collectively, around 2,300 hectares of trees – equivalent to around 3,220 football pitches – will be planted, with a focus on areas with the lowest woodland cover. The government estimates that the adContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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UK government falling ‘far short’ on environmental improvement, watchdog warns
The UK government’s progress on delivering its 25-year plan to improve the environment has “fallen far short”, with many “extremely worrying” trends remaining unchecked, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has warned today.
UN secretary-general António Guterres called on nations to agree a "peace pact with nature" at the start of the COP15 biodiversity summit in Canada this week.
Myles Allen, director of the Oxford Net Zero initiative, talks to Chris Seekings about the best way to decarbonise the world’s economy by 2050
The claimants in Harris v Environment Agency applied for judicial review of the Agency’s refusal to expand the scope of an investigation into the effect of groundwater abstraction from wetland sites across the Norfolk Broads.
IEMA has responded to the Skidmore Review of Net Zero: call for evidence, calling for greater clarity and certainty in policy direction.
UK environment minister Thérèse Coffey has today pledged £30m for nature projects at COP27 on Biodiversity Day.
This month, IEMA is launching a member network focusing on biodiversity and natural capital.
