land use

SBTi unveils 'world first' climate target standard for farming, land-use, and forestry sectors

Management

SBTi unveils 'world first' climate target standard for farming, land-use, and forestry sectors

Companies in food, agriculture, and land-use sectors must commit to ending deforestation by 2025 and avoid using nature-based carbon removals as substitute for emissions reduction, according to framework

clock 28 September 2022 • 4 min read
Study: Companies and investors that fail to prepare for land use transition could lose billions

Risk

Study: Companies and investors that fail to prepare for land use transition could lose billions

Food and agriculture companies and their investors are failing to adequately price in the financial impact of coming 'land use transition', UN study warns

clock 20 September 2022 • 4 min read
Farm to fork: Eco labelling firm Foodsteps raises $4.1m investment

Marketing

Farm to fork: Eco labelling firm Foodsteps raises $4.1m investment

EXCLUSIVE: Major high street restaurants among those already using labelling platform to record and highlight environmental impact of different products

clock 24 May 2022 • 2 min read
UK landowners join pact to boost nature-based climate efforts

Biodiversity

UK landowners join pact to boost nature-based climate efforts

A group of landowners managing a third of UK land have committed to using their land effectively to accelerate the country’s climate goals

clock 29 November 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

Better Finance, Better Food: Investors urged to help transform the food system

A new report has compiled more than 50 examples of financial projects aimed at generating more than $1bn in capital for sustainable land-use projects

clock 26 November 2020 • 2 min read

Biodiversity

Government urged to 'unleash potential of the countryside' in recovery plans

CPRE urges government to put in place net zero targets for land-use, invest in nature restoration, and ensure planning system considers climate impacts

clock 01 July 2020 • 5 min read

Policy

'Societal engagement is essential': New study shines light on net zero challenges

Less meat consumption and flying, huge scaling up of carbon capture and clean energy capacity, and transformational changes to land use are all to deliver net zero emissions by 2050, major new study argues

clock 10 March 2020 • 7 min read

Climate change

SDG15: The fight for life on land

Progress on protecting life on land has been agonisingly slow, as deforestation and habitat loss has accelerated, but hopes remain that a step change in global land management can yet be engineered

clock 26 February 2020 • 20 min read

Biomass

UK land area used to grow bioenergy crops shrinks in 2018

Defra statistics show 1.6 per cent of UK's arable land was used to grow bioenergy crops for transport fuel, electricity, and biogas production last year

clock 13 January 2020 • 2 min read

Policy

Report: Scottish farmers could 'comfortably' slash emissions by over a third

A focus on more climate-friendly farming techniques rather than major land use change could deliver deep decarbonisation from sector, WWF argues

clock 07 January 2020 • 4 min read