soil

Clear as mud: Government strategy to improve soil health lacks clarity, MPs warn

Policy

Clear as mud: Government strategy to improve soil health lacks clarity, MPs warn

EFRA committee questions government response to calls to put soil health on the same policy footing as water and air quality

clock 22 March 2024 • 3 min read
There is a big, dirty hole in the UK's circular economy strategy

Waste

There is a big, dirty hole in the UK's circular economy strategy

The government is missing a trick though its failure to align bioenergy and soil health priorities, writes Sizzle's Trewin Restorick

clock 18 March 2024 • 4 min read
Soil carbon offsets could miss the forest for the trees

Offsets

Soil carbon offsets could miss the forest for the trees

Offset schemes designed solely around soil carbon sequestration are too simplistic and could result in a wave of 'junk' offsets, warns Imperial College's Bonnie Waring

clock 24 January 2024 • 5 min read
Study: Agricultural soil can provide a quarter of global carbon sequestration budget

Climate change

Study: Agricultural soil can provide a quarter of global carbon sequestration budget

New research sheds fresh light on huge scale of climate benefits associated with soil preservation

clock 24 November 2023 • 2 min read
What it takes to get clarity on soil carbon

Biodiversity

What it takes to get clarity on soil carbon

Food companies have jumped all the way into soil carbon sequestration but there is still the question of measurement

clock 20 July 2023 • 5 min read
The food and beverage industry needs to come together to protect soils

Biodiversity

The food and beverage industry needs to come together to protect soils

It is time for soil health to rise up the climate agenda, in particular at the companies whose products depend on it, argues Moët Hennessy's Sandrine Sommer

clock 03 July 2022 • 4 min read

Climate change

'Utmost importance': Worsening soil pollution among planet's biggest challenges, UN warns

Global assessment of soil pollution warns of major threat to food supplies unless urgent action is taken to accelerate adoption of sustainable farming practices and tackle industrial waste

clock 07 June 2021 • 4 min read

Offsets

Digging into the complex, confusing, and contentious world of soil carbon offsets

Jim Giles explores the deep divisions that are shaping the emerging field of soil-based offsets

clock 26 February 2021 • 10 min read

Policy

Government launches consultation on fertiliser's role in air pollution and soil degradation

Solid urea fertilisers emit ammonia which can harm both natural habitats and human health

clock 06 November 2020 • 3 min read

Policy

'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

clock 26 October 2020 • 5 min read