Emily Beament

The UK’s first citizens’ assembly has now established beyond doubt that the public want radical action to prevent climate breakdown.

Conservation charity WWF said nature was in “freefall” due to human activity, mainly intensive agriculture and the destruction of habitat.

Cutting UK pollution to stricter WHO guideline levels could prevent 17,000 early deaths a year of working age people.

Carbon Tracker: petrochemical industry betting on growth in demand for plastics made from fossil fuels.

Carbon emissions from this year’s wildfires burning in the Arctic Circle have already outstripped 2019’s record.

Farmers could make money allowing native trees to return and selling 'credits' for carbon dioxide the trees absorb.

Plantlife Scotland hope people's love of the Cairngorms can be harnessed to enlist volunteers. 

Large, intensive fishing vessels spent 5,590 hours fishing in marine protected areas in UK waters in the first six months of 2020

The globally endangered large blue butterfly was introduced to Rodborough Common in Gloucestershire last year.

Households got through 128 bits of plastic waste in a week on average, up from 99 in similar surveys conducted before lockdown.

The government has fundamentally failed to educate the public about its target to reduce carbon emissions to 'net zero' by 2050.

Conservationists welcome 'groundbreaking decision' by government to allow the beavers to remain on the River Otter.

The distance sea turtles, whales and other wildlife might have to move to find more suitable sea temperatures can range from tens to thousands of kilometres.

Greenpeace is calling on the major food retailer Tesco to halve the amount of meat it sells by 2025 to protect wildlife, the climate and people.

State of the UK Climate review shows UK continues to warm, with 2019 average temperature 1.1C above long-term 1961-1990 levels.

North-west Europe, including the UK, is among the hotspots facing a rising risk of flooding, along with places such as India and the Bay of Bengal, and south east and east Asia.

First Red List for British Mammals - which meets international criteria used to assess threats to wildlife such as elephants and tigers - shows that 11 of our 47 native mammals are at risk of extinction.

Rewilding Britain is launching a network of landowners, farmers, community groups and local authorities to rewild land.

The Thames in London, UK, has a higher density of microplastics than several other major European rivers.

'We would want to see more ambition, more heart and certainly more investment in nature.'

'Aggressive' cuts to greenhouse gas emissions are now needed to save the animals

Coasts have a therapeutic effect on people, boosting wellbeing and mental health says Defra.

The species has gone from a small number of breeding pairs in Wales to thousands of birds across the UK.

Butterfly Conservation observes fine spring weather saw butterflies emerge at the earliest average time for 20 years.