Science

30x30: Is the government's ambitious nature conservation goal still achievable?

Biodiversity

30x30: Is the government's ambitious nature conservation goal still achievable?

The government has unveiled a 'delivery plan' for protecting and conserving 30 per cent of land in England for nature - but environmental groups fear the strategy remains badly underpowered

clock 15 July 2026 • 16 min read
BusinessGreen Spotlight Webinar: How energy and climate transition plans can give your organisation an edge - On demand

Energy

BusinessGreen Spotlight Webinar: How energy and climate transition plans can give your organisation an edge - On demand

WATCH NOW: Experts from Equans, Allianz UK, and Repattern discuss how businesses can harness transition plans to deliver real value and ensure efforts to hit net zero targets accelerate

clock 15 July 2026 • 1 min read
Beef and Lamb Roadmap sets out practical route for environmental progress

Supply chain

Beef and Lamb Roadmap sets out practical route for environmental progress

Roadmap aims to deliver series of goals and commitments made to enhance sustainability across the sector

clock 15 July 2026 • 2 min read
'The climate of the 20th Century has now gone': Met Office warns weather extremes are 'new normal'

Climate change

'The climate of the 20th Century has now gone': Met Office warns weather extremes are 'new normal'

Latest Met Office State of the Climate report for 2025 confirms latest wave of record-breaking temperatures and warns further warming is now inevitable

clock 15 July 2026 • 3 min read
Government vows to step up UK climate preparations for 2C of warming by 2050

Policy

Government vows to step up UK climate preparations for 2C of warming by 2050

Defra agrees to set stronger climate adaptation targets in 2028, following recommendations from the Climate Change Committee

clock 14 July 2026 • 4 min read
Friendship's Runa Khan: 'Every failure taught us to think holistically'

Risk

Friendship's Runa Khan: 'Every failure taught us to think holistically'

Friendship founder and executive director reflects on winning the 2025 Earthshot Prize, and why sustainability begins with controlling one's wants

clock 14 July 2026 • 8 min read
Woodland Trust calls on government to allocate a fifth of £1bn tree planting budget to urban 'tree deserts'

Biodiversity

Woodland Trust calls on government to allocate a fifth of £1bn tree planting budget to urban 'tree deserts'

Just 14 per cent of people living in England have access to woodland within a 500 metre walk of their home, conservation charity warns

clock 14 July 2026 • 4 min read
Could devolution enable faster local progress in tackling air pollution?

Politics

Could devolution enable faster local progress in tackling air pollution?

UK100 leads calls for new Clean Air Act and a national indoor air quality strategy, after local authority-led clean air action saves almost £15bn in damage to health and the economy

clock 13 July 2026 • 7 min read
Government plots path to protecting 30 per cent of England for nature by 2030

Biodiversity

Government plots path to protecting 30 per cent of England for nature by 2030

Defra's 30x30 delivery plan comes backed by £37m in funding to help National Parks and landscapes step up nature recovery efforts - but campaigners claim new strategy remains badly underpowered

clock 13 July 2026 • 8 min read
'This is harming people here and now': Campaigners demand 'ambitious' response to worsening heatwaves

Climate change

'This is harming people here and now': Campaigners demand 'ambitious' response to worsening heatwaves

Coalition including End Fuel Poverty Coalition, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace UK, and WWF warns ministers the UK is 'built for a climate that no longer exists'

clock 13 July 2026 • 5 min read