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Future generations commissioner calls for basic income
Speaking at IEMA Connect 2022, the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales has called for Universal Basic Income (UBI) to be implemented in a speech which focused on how to improve the life chances for young people.
COP26 president calls for Paris Agreement to be “baseline” of climate ambition in IEMA speech
The president of COP26, Alok Sharma MP, has called for the Paris Agreement and work done at the Glasgow climate summit in 2021 to act as the “baseline” for climate ambition, in a speech to IEMA members at IEMA Connect 20...
Suspected sabotage of Nord Stream gas pipelines raise concerns about geopolitical risk faced by critical infrastructure
Powerful blasts were recorded by underwater sensors on 26 September 2022 and pressure suddenly dropped in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, both of which deliver natural gas from Russia to continental Europe...
Rewilding network expands across Scotland
A rewilding project in Scotland has expanded its work to 50 sites in just 18 months, stretching from the Highlands and Aberdeenshire to the Scottish Borders, and the initiative now boasts more than 13,000 acres of farm, ...
Do the new Secretaries of State for Defra & BEIS offer hope for the UK’s environmental agenda?
With the dust beginning to settle following the PM’s cabinet appointments, IEMA’s Public Affairs Officer, Asim Ali, looks at the environmental credentials of the new Secretaries of State for the Department of Business, E...
IEMA community reacts with “hope” to EasyJet leading net zero aviation ambition
IEMA's Digital Journalist Tom Pashby speaks with experts about EasyJet's plans to become a net zero business by 2050 and how they plan to do this.
IEMA sets out its recommendations to Defra on the Biodiversity Metric 3.1
At the beginning of August Defra launched a consultation on the biodiversity metric 3.1. In this short blog, Lesley Wilson who leads on IEMA’s biodiversity work, sets out the recommendations that the Institute has made t...
New UNFCCC chief declares emergency ahead of COP27
IEMA's Digital Journalist Tom Pashby discusses the declaration of UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell during the New York City Climate Week, ahead of COP27.
UN head warns “no one is safe” from extreme weather in new climate report
IEMA's Digital Journalist Tom Pashby discusses the recent United in Science 2022 report and the warnings it presents.
Scotland’s Biodiversity Strategy – ambitious but needs clearer objectives
IEMA's Policy and Engagement Lead for Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Lesley Wilson discusses the recent Scotland Biodiversity Strategy consultation and IEMA's responses.