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Reflections on cities without trees, and the difficulty of reconnecting with arboreal life in modern times.

Is environment secretary George Eustice any more than a farmers' favourite with a patchy record on climate action?

No single country is adequately protecting children's health or environment.

Environmental group WWF has launched a campaign calling for new laws to prevent companies importing products that are causing deforestation.

Research expedition will see campaigner Laura Sanderson swim nearly 1,000 km through all fifteen of the UK’s national parks.

Two Polish utilities announce they will suspend funding to the country’s last planned new coal plant, Ostrołęka C.

Nearly half of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) is now generated in places where authorities have set or are proposing to set a net zero emissions target.

Trinity College has invested £9.1m in oil and gas companies, the most of any of the 45 Oxbridge colleges.

More than 30 trillion of the world annual product (GDP is being generated in nations, regions and cities with an actual or proposed net zero target.

UK government admits that secret trade talks are underway with unnamed countries.

Environmentalists will find a lot to like – and a little to question – in the Labour leadership contenders’ records.

DeSmog UK maps connections between UK cabinet ministers and Tufton Street lobbyists.

Climate protesters are demanding the cancellation of London Fashion Week.

Powerful storms and rising sea levels mean once-hidden waste could be exposed to pollute oceans and beaches.

Trees for Life is to establish the world’s first rewilding centre near Loch Ness in the Highlands.

Progress towards measuring and reducing risks from pesticide use in the EU has been limited, according to a new report from the European Court of Auditors.

Closing a bottle with cork significantly reduces the carbon footprint of wine packaging and helps sustain vital ecosystems.

'The WWF has ruined the forest ... The forest needs us and we need the forest. But now we go inside as if we were thieves and they hit us with their machetes when we do.'

Campaigners urge Defra to ensure snakes kept in pet shops, breeding facilities, and mobile zoos have enough room to stretch out fully.

“The environmental impact of the proposed development at Horse Hill would clearly be serious and would be felt for generations to come."

Transport secretary Grant Shapps said climate consultation would include 2032 as a possible cut-off date.

Michael Gove says UK must show leadership on climate but then downplays suggestion he could lead COP26 conference. 'Happy with job I have.'

The worldwide impact of declining natural assets from forests to fisheries could cost £368 billion a year.

Amazon, BlackRock and owner of Versace among 242 leading companies and financial institutions which fail to recognise responsibility to act on deforestation.