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'Wake up call': Halting nature destruction key to avoiding pandemics, UN report finds
The world is now in an 'era of pandemics' due to nature loss and unsustainable economies, leading scientists warn
Green groups demand peat burning ban in face of government inaction
Defra has reiterated its intention to ban rotational burning on peat bogs, but has still yet to offer a timetable of action
Air pollution linked to 14 per cent of UK Covid-19 deaths, study finds
Landmark study estimates 15 per cent of worldwide deaths from Covid-19 may be attributable to long-term exposure to air pollution, demonstrating impact of fossil fuels on pandemic
'Deteriorating': England's natural world in worsening state, government warned
Natural Capital Committee again warns there has been virtually no zero progress against the government's own biodiversity, water, air, and soil quality goals
'Hidden emitter': Air pollution from domestic gas boilers expected to soar this winter as people work from home
New analysis from ECIU warns of a 12 per cent increase in toxic nitrogen oxide emissions across the UK this winter if lockdown persists
Met Office warns UK to prepare for more weather extremes
New projections point to record breaking heat and rainfall in the coming years posing costly challenges for health and infrastructure
Report: Japan to announce net zero target
Nikkei news agency reports that major speech expected next week that will see Japan match the EU in formally setting an economy-wide net zero target
'The UK desperately needs more trees': Woodland Trust aims to plant 50 million by 2025
Charity also piloting £1m 'emergency tree fund' to help councils increase woodland cover, arguing more trees are crucial to UK's 2050 net zero target
Net Zero Festival: The scientific case for net zero
VIDEO: Leading climate scientist Dr Emily Shuckburgh underscores the planetary urgency, challenge and benefits of shifting to a net zero economy
Adapting to 4C of global warming
Emma Howard Boyd's speech to the Committee on Climate Change's Adapting to 3C+ of global warming conference
'Reinvest in Earth': New initiative aims to mobilise $10bn of climate funding
Global Returns Project calls on individuals to commit 0.25 per cent of their savings to support not-for-profit climate solutions
'Covid-19 has made risk everybody's business': Agencies urge world leaders to beef up extreme weather warning systems
UN-backed report calls on policymakers to dramatically increase funding for early warning systems that can boost nations' resilience to extreme weather events in response to rising threat from extreme storms, droughts, floods, and wildfires
Energy-saving, plant-eating, and green body paint: The Sun launches Green Team campaign
Major new Count Us In campaign signs up influential tabloid as it seeks to engage one billion people with climate action
Eat out to help out the planet: Majority of UK diners are willing to switch to sustainable dishes
Concern about the environment among British diners has grown by nearly 40 per cent since the pandemic struck, according to fresh polling from the Sustainable Restaurant Association
Sir David Attenborough: Curb inequality and 'capitalist excess' to safeguard climate
Veteran broadcaster calls for economic and societal shift in mindsets to avoid catastrophe in interview as £50m Earthshot Prize launches
Study: Fertiliser use threatens global climate goals as nitrous oxide emissions soar
Scientists urge reform of global food production system after study shows N2O levels - emitted largely by farming fertiliser - have soared over past two decades
From strong signals to meaningful action on nature and biodiversity
The Leaders' Pledge for Nature endorsed by 65 countries is an important step for turning the tide on biodiversity and nature loss - but we can't be complacent, writes Business for Nature's Eva Zabey
Mars claims its palm oil is deforestation-free after ditching hundreds of suppliers
But confectionery giant warns businesses need to work together to fix 'broken' palm oil supply chains that further destruction of tropical forests
Zoom in on Net Zero - with clean tech author Ketan Joshi
Science, climate and clean tech writer and analyst joins BusinessGreen editor in chief James Murray to discuss his latest book Windfall, and Australia's ongoing political battles over climate action
How the economic fallout from climate change could reach $31tr a year
CDP publishes major new report detailing how the economic fallout from the climate crisis is only just starting to build
Boris Johnson: 'Nature is declining at a pace that is truly terrifying'
Statement by Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the UN High-Level summit on biodiversity
Oxford Offsetting Principles: Academics launch new guidelines for carbon offsetting
New standard aims to help protect companies from accusations of greenwash by ensuring they prioritise the highest-quality, most effective carbon offsets available
Biodiversity recovery: Boris Johnson pledges to protect 30 per cent of UK land by 2030
Prime Minister sets out fresh nature recovery targets for UK as he joins leaders of Germany, France, Bangladesh, and Mexico in backing Leaders Pledge for Nature, a 10-point plan geared at reversing global nature loss
'Green recovery': Wildlife Trusts launches drive to rewild Britain over next decade
Coalition of conservation charities is aiming to support a wide range of projects from the restoration of peatlands to the reintroduction of species such as beavers
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