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Sinking Dutchman: world’s largest historical sailing fleet threatened by Covid-19 15th July 2020
Lockdown is keeping ships in port – and as bankruptcy looms for many skippers, an ‘irreplaceable’ part of the Netherlands’ maritime heritage is at riskIf it weren’t for Covid-19, Sven Timmann would be sailing the relatively calm inland waters of the Netherlands with groups of schoolchildren, businesspeople and families. Instead, his ship, the Ambiance – […]
UK energy efficiency push offers just a third of the investment needed, says report 15th July 2020
IPPR says 12m homes will need to be refitted to meet net-zero targets but £3bn earmarked is not nearly enoughThe government’s new plans to upgrade the energy efficiency of homes will make only a fraction of the progress needed to help the UK meet its legally binding climate targets, according to a new study.A report […]
UK government planning new green investment bank 15th July 2020
Move to help finance climate ambitions follows calls from campaigners and economists The UK government is poised to reveal plans for a new state-backed green bank to help finance Britain’s climate ambitions, three years after ministers agreed to sell the UK’s Green Investment Bank.Kwasi Kwarteng, the energy minister, said that he expects the government to […]

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BlackRock and ING confirmed for edie's sustainable investment and climate disclosure webinar 15th July 2020
Sustainable finance experts from BlackRock Investment Stewardship, ING and Tideway will appear in edie's next webinar focusing on sustainable investment and climate disclosure, which will take place on Wednesday 29 July.
Government urged to ratchet up spending into household energy efficiency 15th July 2020
The UK Government has been urged to implement a Home Improvement Plan to facilitate more than £5bn in annual spending to improve the energy efficiency of the UK's housing stock to contribute to the net-zero target for 2050.
Cross-sector action needed to improve flexible plastics recycling 14th July 2020
Cross-section action and government guidance are required to create a recycling system for flexible, low-value plastics such as bags and wrapping, according to new guidance published today (14 July) by WRAP.

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Bison to help bring back UK wildlife 10th July 2020
Kent Wildlife Trust and Wildwood Trust receive more than £1 million to fund groundbreaking wilding project
New report calls for ambitious pesticide reduction target 8th July 2020
Nation of insect champions needed to reverse insect decline
The Wildlife Trusts’ response to the Chancellor’s economic recovery package 8th July 2020
• Lost opportunity to create nature recovery jobs • Government fails to invest in nature and natural solutions to the climate crisis

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Invasive alien species may soon cause dramatic global biodiversity loss 15th July 2020
An increase of 20 to 30 per cent in invasive non-native (alien) species would lead to dramatic future biodiversity loss worldwide. This is the conclusion of a study by an international team of...
New experiment tests link between nature and wellbeing 14th July 2020
A citizen science project is investigating the relationship between nature and people’s wellbeing.‘Nature up close and personal: A wellbeing experiment’ is a collaboration between the UK Centre for...
Almost 2 million acres of GB grassland lost as woodland and urban areas expand 9th July 2020
A major loss of grassland and significant increases in urbanisation and woodland in Great Britain since 1990 have been revealed in a new scientific analysis of land cover changes across the country....

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Could digital tech cut food waste and tell us more about where our food comes from? 7th July 2020
Along with the natural ecosystems that underpin it, our food system is a complex web of parts working to grow, manufacture and deliver food all over the world. In a previous blog I looked at the potential of digital technologies to link up these different parts to redirect surplus food and avoid waste. But could […]
Why do ethnic minorities suffer more from the mental health impacts of the climate and nature crises? 3rd July 2020
I’ve wanted to write about the impacts of the climate and nature crises on mental health for some time. That was before a very different crisis came to a head: with the killing of George Floyd finally raising the issue of systemic racism towards black people to the top of the agenda. As part of […]
The Trade Bill is an opportunity for MPs to ‘take back control’ and protect the environment 2nd July 2020
This post is by David Lawrence, senior political adviser at the Trade Justice Movement. The UK has not had the power to strike its own trade agreements for nearly 50 years, due to EU membership. However, many people – and indeed many MPs – will be surprised to learn that, even after Brexit, parliament will […]

Rural affairs | The Guardian

Country diary: heathers and restless grasses are arresting 15th July 2020
Blanchland moor, Northumberland: For the first time in months, I am standing on open heathland with nothing above me but skyMy daily walk during four months of coronavirus lockdown took me only as far as the end of a lane where I could see distant North Pennine fell tops. Today, I am standing on open […]
Country diary: the solid gatekeeper of an ancient woodland 13th July 2020
Haydon Bridge, Northumberland: A Scots pine stands over the entrance of this sheltered green haven as we tread quietly insideA line of wind-bent hawthorns marks the boundary of this upland field. Pale micro moths fly up from the grass as we walk past newly shorn sheep. From the bright light of this open land, it’s […]
Country diary: mighty oaks have sprung from the work of the lively jay 11th July 2020
Talsarnau, Gwynedd: This colourful bird in collecting and hiding acorns is surely responsible for large tracts of oakwood throughout BritainThe rackety magpie family has moved home, from the ivy bush to a tall cypress with a dying ash tree beside it. I can see the convenience of this. The ash branches are perfect lookout posts […]

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Bushfire royal commission told coronavirus could stop firefighters helping interstate next fire season 15th July 2020
Firefighters saw conditions ‘we haven’t seen before’ in 2019-20, Shane Fitzsimmons tells inquiryThe bushfires royal commission has been told the ongoing coronavirus crisis could mean firefighters cannot travel interstate to help battle blazes during the next fire season.The senior counsel assisting the commission, Dominique Hogan-Doran SC, said on Wednesday the extreme conditions experienced during 2019-20 […]
UK energy efficiency push offers just a third of the investment needed, says report 15th July 2020
IPPR says 12m homes will need to be refitted to meet net-zero targets but £3bn earmarked is not nearly enoughThe government’s new plans to upgrade the energy efficiency of homes will make only a fraction of the progress needed to help the UK meet its legally binding climate targets, according to a new study.A report […]
Nature-led coronavirus recovery could create $10tn a year, says WEF 15th July 2020
Report says 400m jobs could be created, and warns there will be ‘no jobs on a dead planet’Tackling the global nature crisis could create 400m jobs and $10tn (£8tn) in business value each year by 2030, according to a report published by the World Economic Forum.The report warns that when the world recovers from the […]

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Putting UK at the heart of environmental intelligence 14th July 2020
Exeter partnership to pioneer use of data science and AI to solve global environmental challenges
Creating a five-year window into future climate 9th July 2020
Providing annually-updated five-year climate predictions at global and continental scales is the focus of a new international science collaboration co-ordinated by the WMO and led by the UK’s Met Office.