carbon sink

Peatlands urgently need to be restored for UK to meet emissions targets

Biodiversity

Peatlands urgently need to be restored for UK to meet emissions targets

The UK is off track to meet its peatland restoration targets - and climate goals are at risk as a result

clock 04 December 2024 • 5 min read
'Carbon insetting': What is it and is it on the cusp of a breakthrough?

Supply chain

'Carbon insetting': What is it and is it on the cusp of a breakthrough?

EXPLAINER: Amid concerns over the integrity of carbon offsets, a growing number of companies are investing in mitigation measures within their own value chains

clock 21 November 2024 • 15 min read
Study: Industrial fishing subsidies an 'unseen brake' on fish poo's carbon sink role

Biodiversity

Study: Industrial fishing subsidies an 'unseen brake' on fish poo's carbon sink role

Catching a tonne of fish prevents a tonne of carbon-rich faeces sinking into the deep ocean, according to a new analysis

clock 26 February 2024 • 3 min read
Natural England announces funding boost for nature-based carbon capture projects

Biodiversity

Natural England announces funding boost for nature-based carbon capture projects

Six new projects to explore how to maximise nature’s ability to capture carbon and minimise climate impacts

clock 11 February 2023 • 3 min read
B&Q partners with Woodland Trust for North Yorkshire nature recovery push

Biomass

B&Q partners with Woodland Trust for North Yorkshire nature recovery push

New partnership aims to turn a treeless landscape at a site in Snaizeholme in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales into native woodland

clock 06 October 2022 • 2 min read
Deforestation drones: New Anglo-Australian venture reveals plans to plant 100 million trees

Technology

Deforestation drones: New Anglo-Australian venture reveals plans to plant 100 million trees

New joint venture between British engineering and smart tech firm CAL International and Australian green tech start-up AirSeed Technologies

clock 30 August 2022 • 3 min read
'Hedge fund': CPRE calls on government to expand UK's hedgerow network

Policy

'Hedge fund': CPRE calls on government to expand UK's hedgerow network

UK's hedgerow network is the nation's 'largest, most connected nature reserve' and could help create thousands of green jobs, according to new study

clock 06 September 2021 • 3 min read

Biodiversity

'We need to act now': Peatland and woodland critical to net zero goal, Natural England warns

Natural England unveils 'most comprehensive' assessment to date of natural landscapes' ability to store carbon

clock 20 April 2021 • 4 min read

Policy

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

clock 28 October 2020 • 2 min read