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Applications open for second round of the Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Successful first trial run of unique temporary flood barrier across Newhaven railway.
New UK finance through the CARA programme to help over 14 million people adapt to climate change, promote low carbon growth and protect the environment.
The UK will call for urgent action to support countries on the frontline of climate change at COP26 Adaptation Loss and Damage Day.
UK government joins 40 international partners from 6 continents to welcome the establishment of the IFRS Foundation’s new International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) at COP26.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging countries to keep up the momentum on the fight against climate change in the week ahead at the COP26 summit.
Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has unveiled the greenest and most innovative jail in the country.
Governments, farmers and businesses commit to urgent action to protect our land and make our agriculture and food systems more sustainable for the future.
The UK Presidency called world leaders to take ambitious steps towards ocean health to achieve net zero ambitions and keep a rise of no more than 1.5°C within reach.
To mark COP26’s focus on adaptation and nature, British Consul General Louise Cantillon visited Taronga Zoo in Sydney.
The Environment Agency worked with the Norwich Bat Group to install a wildlife receiver station at Benacre Pumping Station.
Three new environmental handbooks set out best practice for coastal restoration projects.
UK and Zambia sign landmark Green Growth Compact to drive billions in sustainable investment, create jobs and strengthen economic partnership.
Felling licence application process to be simplified when swift action is required to prevent the spread of pests or diseases and protect public safety.
Major Scottish businesses SSE, Royal Bank of Scotland/Natwest and Abrdn, have committed to eliminating their contribution to carbon emissions by 2050.
The Government‘s Nanosat Design Competition has opened for entries, with aspiring space scientists invited to design a small satellite to help inform solutions to climate change.
The Calderdale Flood Action Plan is five years old this month and to acknowledge this important milestone, the Environment Agency, Calderdale Council and its partners are reflecting on key successes since 2016.
A new reporting tool is available for reporting cases of food allergy, intolerance or coeliac disease
A £15 million investment to digitise the world’s largest collection of plant and fungal specimens will “revolutionise” climate change research and help protect biodiversity for generations to come, the Chief Secretary to the…
A Gloucestershire fisherman who lured valuable elvers into his illegally-placed fishing net instead caught a 5-figure legal bill.
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