'Critical to the UK's carbon strategy': Conservationists call for national 'blue carbon' strategy

Cecilia Keating
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Credit: Marine Conservation Society, Mark Kirkland
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Credit: Marine Conservation Society, Mark Kirkland

Green groups argue rewilding UK waters must be a central tenet of government’s net zero plans

The UK's seas have a starring role to play in the UK's pathway to net zero emissions, yet marine protection is too often overlooked in discussions about climate goals, conservationists have warned...

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