Rising consumption puts biodiversity at risk
Humans are consuming 50% more natural resources than the planet can sustainably produce, threatening future security and wellbeing, says the latest Living planet report from WWF.
The 2012 survey of the Earth's health measured more than 9,000 populations of over 2,600 species and found that the ever-growing demand for resources is putting huge pressure on the planet's biodiversContinue 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.
