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Over 60,000 people march to parliament to demand politicians Restore Nature Now

Published on: 22 June 2024

On Saturday 22 June 60,000 people marched through central London to parliament to direct one simple but powerful message to all the UK’s political parties – that they must Restore Nature Now.

Chris Packham, celebrities and wildlife CEOs issue rallying cry to UK nature-lovers

Published on: 19 June 2024

Chris Packham, Dame Judi Dench and Emma Thompson are among the celebrities joining with environment charity CEOs, Extinction Rebellion and over 300 organisations, in urging UK nature-lovers to take to the streets of London on 22 June and demand that politicians Restore Nature Now.

General Election hustings held on environmental policy

Published on: 18 June 2024

Environmental groups came together to hold the ‘Big Nature & Climate Debate’ on 17th June.

Hair and blood of UK politicians and environmentalists polluted by harmful chemicals

Published on: 13 June 2024

Political parties are being urged to take a tougher stance on chemical controls, as results are published from tests for toxic chemicals in the hair and/or blood of leading politicians and environmentalists showing pollution from PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, endocrine (hormone) disrupting ‘everywhere chemicals’ and heavy metals

To unblock development, parties must prioritise nature and climate, say environmental charities

Published on: 10 June 2024

Nature and climate groups have today published a joint statement and policy paper, calling on political parties to reform the planning system to prioritise renewable energy and nature-restoration.

Environment groups challenge political parties’ plans to halt wildlife decline

Published on: 7 June 2024

Wildlife and Countryside Link is challenging all political parties to set out how they would halt wildlife decline by 2030, ahead of the General Election.

Main parties to go head-to-head on plans to recover nature and tackle climate crisis at major hustings event

Published on: 3 June 2024

Nature and climate crisis will be in focus on Monday 17 June as the environmental spokespeople of England’s five largest parties are invited to set out how they will recover nature and create healthier wild places to store carbon, help wildlife recover, and boost public health.

Politicians are not doing enough to protect the environment for future generations say UK public

Published on: 22 May 2024

New polling released on International Day for Biodiversity (22 May) reveals that most of the UK public (71%) think that the Government isn’t doing enough to protect the environment for the next generation. [1] The majority of voters of all political stripes think the environment is not being protected adequately for the next generation, with 56% of Conservative voters, 86% of Labour and 80% of Lib Dem 2019 voters all saying this is the case.

Extreme weather is opening the floodgates to nature invaders in the UK

Published on: 20 May 2024

As climate change brings more extreme rainfall & floods we’re seeing the perfect conditions in the UK for the spread of established invaders like Japanese Knotweed, along with an increased risk of new ones arriving including Red Imported Fire Ants.

Debate on global biodiversity commitments - environment groups warn the UK needs more than a wish list for nature

Published on: 14 May 2024

Nature groups are calling for plan on how UK will meet global nature targets (agreed at COP15( to set out how the UK will contribute to the global effort to halt and reverse the decline of nature by 2030, to close the big gap between ambition and action

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