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Working in sustainability can be rough ride in 2025, but subtle small shifts in tactics and communications can still deliver strong rewards, writes Forum for the Future's Sally Uren

New agreement allows 21,000 homes to be built following concerns over water taken from rivers and wetlands, and risks to protected wildlife - but green groups remain concerned over impact of government planning reforms

Almost 4,000 people join legal claim against Welsh Water and poultry firms Avara Foods and Freemans of Newent over river pollution in the Wye catchment

Simplified investment strategies mean smaller schemes face nearly twice the risk of negative performance, according to climate scenario modelling carried out by Broadstone

Labour government reveals it has completed more than 150 flood resilience projects during its first year in office, as it works to repair 'crumbling' infrastructure

Summers are getting hotter and are starting to negatively impact economic productivity

To secure affordable food, reduce economic shocks, and safeguard rural livelihoods, we need to start by improving the health of the earth beneath our feet, writes Praveena Sridhar from the Save Soil Movement

President Trump is now actively dismantling mechanisms designed to identify and manage systemic financial and climate risks, writes Eliot Whittington, executive director of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

Stark report from European Environment Agency warns nature loss and escalating climate impacts are undermining economic growth and security

A Business, Human Rights and Environment Act (BHREA) could support innovation, sustainable growth and justice for communities crushed by corporate greed, writes Friends of the Earth's Sienna Somers