As we enter unchartered territory as a result of human-induced climate change, the lifeline forests provide must not be understated nor underestimated. As well as being crucial ecosystems for food security, they are a pivotal tool for both climate change mitigation and adaptation.
New data set and policy recommendations by IRENA outline 2025 priorities to keep 1.5°C within reach
In light of the upcoming 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) March Council meeting, WWF is calling on governments to halt deep seabed mining, citing significant threats to marine ecosystems, climate regulation, and sustainable development for coastal communities and indigenous peoples.
The UK’s former net zero tsar has teamed up with the ex-UN climate chief to launch a clean power taskforce aimed at countering recent reversals on action.
The fragmentation of forests reduces biodiversity at multiple scales, according to new study from a global collaboration of ecologists and support from the University of Michigan.
Where an American oak falls, maple and paubrasilia grow.
On March 5, the Rt Hon Chris Skidmore OBE and former UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa hosted the first scoping roundtable of the Climate Action Coalition's Global Clean Power Taskforce.
COP30 president-designate, André Aranha Corrêa do Lago summons the United Nations to leave differences behind and unite in vanquishing the ‘common enemy’ of climate change.
The UK Government is consulting on plans to put the North Sea at the heart of Britain's clean energy future and drive economic growth.
New report from UKSIF and TREX shows global economic exposure to fossil fuel asset stranding risk amounts to $2.28tn by 2040. The UK financial system is itself disproportionately exposed to the stranding risk, ranking 9th globally for losses per capita – more exposed than the United States, Italy, and France.
We are delighted to announce Ambassador Patricia Espinosa, former Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC and Founding Partner and CEO of onepoint5, as co-chair of the Climate Action Coalition’s Clean Power Taskforce alongside Chris Skidmore.
The UN Biodiversity Conference, suspended last November in Cali, will reconvene from 25-27 February 2025 in Rome, Italy, at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).
The updated edition of 'Accountability for Nature: Comparison of nature-related assessment and disclosure frameworks and standards', co-authored by the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), expands its scope to include pollution-related financial risks alongside nature-related assessment and disclosure approaches.
60 million tonnes of food waste and 12.6 million tonnes of textile waste are generated annually in the EU. The new measures provisionally agreed by the European Parliament and Council would introduce 2030 food waste targets and require producers to cover costs for collecting, sorting and recycling waste textiles.
The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Annual Report calls for a dramatic uptick in ambition and action for the environment.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Sylvera have launched a Carbon Data Access Partnership (CaDAP) to provide African Governments with world-leading carbon credit data.