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First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The UK will continue as Chair of the Global Ocean Alliance as it calls for more ambition to meet the 30by30 ocean pledge.
Up to £29 million to help developing countries meet ‘30by30’ land target and new funding for conservation projects
Donor Joint Statement announced at biodiversity summit sets out billions from international community to protect and restore nature
Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey delivered a speech at the Natural History Museum to mark the start of the UN nature conference, CBD COP15, in Montreal
The United Kingdom Government is set to lead a coalition of high ambition countries in crucial UN talks with the aim of halting species extinctions and biodiversity loss
Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey delivered a speech to the CLA Business Conference
The UK Government will attend the first negotiations meeting in Uruguay for a global plastics treaty
£20 million funding will improve tree planting stocks, woodland resilience, domestic timber production and accelerate tree planting across England
Plans will benefit protected wildlife sites and create new habitats for nature
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
James Cleverly has travelled to Ukraine as part of ongoing UK efforts to ensure the country has the crucial practical support it needs through the winter.
British and South African researchers will save lives in the UK, South Africa and beyond – thanks to 9 collaborative research projects announced today.
£4m funding announced for organisation fighting to create a world free of wildlife crime by 2030.
Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey sets out UK support to protect the world’s oceans and natural habitats, and Government pledges £30 million to the Big Nature Impact Fund
Summary of progress on Environmental Targets set out in the Environment Act, following the publication of a Written Ministerial Statement.
An update from the Environment Secretary
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
British lamb producers now have access to a market of over 300 million people
Potential civil penalty to rise from £250,000 to up to £250 million to help bring quicker enforcement action against water companies for causing pollution.
Robert Light, Alison Austin and Robert Wilson have had their first terms on the Consumer Council for Water Board extended.
22 projects receiving funding through the new scheme
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