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COP28: Science-based roadmap to 1.5C promised for food systems at climate summit
The first priority on the agenda is to encourage nations to bolster their plans for developing sustainable land-use systems domestically and internationally. Nations are being invited to sign a new…
Biodiversity net-gain: Ambitious policy or a glorified offsetting scheme?
…Finance Institut convened a group of experts in fields including ecology, land use, academia, finance and the public sector to co-develop recommendations to the Government. Like WCL, it is advocating…
Oil and gas loopholes and forest carbon credits: The 7 biggest stories from the World Leaders Summit (day two) at COP28
…“Investment in renewable energy cannot be an excuse to prolong the use of fossil fuels. “There are promising signs of progress at this COP but it is now critical to…
UK fleshes out anti-deforestation laws for supply chains, publishes domestic nature conservation plans
…land-based and marine habitats for nature conservation or restoration by the end of the decade. A recent analysis revealed that only 6.5% of the land in England is currently protected…
‘Labour are the conservers’: Shadow secretary pledges to reverse nature degradation in UK
…damage caused by severe rainstorms. Nurturing nature-rich habitats, including wetlands, forests and peat bogs, will capture and store carbon. Introducing a land-use framework will ensure we steward the land responsibly…
Hydrogen fuel cells and eliminating ‘forever chemicals’: Ofwat allocates fresh tranche of green innovation funding
…for wastewater treatment plants, without the use of phosphorus which is currently commonplace. ACQUIRE, led by Mounce Hydrosmart. This project will use artificial intelligence to analyse drinking water quality incident…
The Energy Bill is back in Parliament – here’s what’s new
…recent weeks, the Bill has made its way through the House of Lords, where heated debates took place and significant amendments proposed. It is now back in the House of…
B&M partners with Elf Bar and Supreme plc for vape recycling initiative
…tackle the ongoing environmental damage occurring by single-use, disposable vaping products. “We want our consumers to use the products we sell in a responsible manner, and that remains even when…
Businesses include Unilever co-launch roadmap to sustainable PLFs
…using AI. Plastic bag use plummeting The PLFs announcement from the business giants comes as the UK Government provided an update on the success of its single-use carrier bag charge….
Food systems pledges and King Charles’ speech: The 8 biggest stories from the World Leaders Summit (Day One) at COP28
…up to new resilient land use initiative Image: CGIAR Elsewhere, the COP Presidency gave its official endorsement of the new Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate…
UK urged to kick-start geothermal energy revolution
…within the UK Government’s top 100 places to prioritise in levelling up. Six of them fall within the Government’s top ten – Redcar and Cleveland; Middlesborough; East Lindsey; Hartlepool; Northumberland,…
Water ‘batteries’ and AI for algae: Ofwat allocates £40m green innovation funding
…to Ofwat. The rate stood around 80 litres for Scotland and Northern Ireland. As such, several of the projects backed by Ofwat relate to water efficiency. Severn Trent is taking…
Elemis’s plastic-free packaging and Scotland’s offshore wind milestone: The sustainability success stories of the week
…be used to replace the flexible plastics currently used to package samples. Elemis is collaborating with Xampla, a firm specializing in biodegradable materials, to develop the bio-based films. These will…
The Wildlife Trusts urge Government to honour unfulfilled pledges for nature
…protect 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030 has made little progress, with no clear plan for measurement. Land Use Framework: The promised land use framework for England,…
Veganuary campaigns and Gatwick’s new EV charging forecourt: The sustainability success stories of the week
…adoption of plant-based diets to deliver reductions in water use, land use and emissions from the food system. Exmouth Councillor Louise Venables said: “Switching to an increasingly plant-based diet is…
JLR to use second-life EV batteries for major energy storage project
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has teamed up with Wykes Engineering to develop one of the UK’s largest energy storage system comprising second-life car batteries. Used batteries from Jaguar I-PACE vehicles…
Why investing in innovation will be vital to achieving a circular economy
…us to where we need to be. Traditional recycling methods alone cannot drive circularity, because the plastic used to create food-grade packaging, such as bottles, can only be recycled a…
Carbon-negative beer and Patagonia’s push for repairs: The sustainability success stories of the week
…to track the status of their request. Goods that can be repaired will be sent directly from customers to the right repairer. Patagonia has in-house experts and also uses a…
Government rubbishes CCC’s recommendations on airport expansions and fossil fuels
…used only in emergencies and other special cases, into full operational use. Major publications on the horizon It bears noting that, in some cases, the response paper does acknowledge that…
How to make closed-loop products the default option for consumers
…is today one of the UK’s leading circular economy re-commerce companies and the world’s largest platform enabling photographers, videographers and content creators to buy and sell used kit. But when…
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