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‘No evidence’ that the Government is on track to meet crucial 2030 nature target

Envirotec Magazine

The Government has claimed that it is “on track to reach its target to protect 30% of UK land and sea for nature 2030”, but the department responsible cannot provide any evidence to back-up these assertions, as new findings reveal, which were published on 10 October by environmental groups. Image credit: Marc Barrot , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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Treat climate change and biodiversity loss as one, says European science advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

Meanwhile the hidden crisis of biodiversity loss continues with the loss of forests to land clearance, exacerbated by the recent fires. The group highlights priorities that should inform both the UN Glasgow Climate Summit and the Biodiversity Summit in China this autumn. Michael Norton, EASAC’s Environment Programme Director.

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Treat climate change and biodiversity loss as one, says European science advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

Meanwhile the hidden crisis of biodiversity loss continues with the loss of forests to land clearance, exacerbated by the recent fires. The group highlights priorities that should inform both the UN Glasgow Climate Summit and the Biodiversity Summit in China this autumn. Michael Norton, EASAC’s Environment Programme Director.

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Government U-turn on promise to reform farming post-Brexit

Envirotec Magazine

The Government has broken its promise to reform farming post-Brexit. In its National Food Strategy published today (13 June), the Government’s commitment to provide a third of its farming budget for Landscape Recovery has been abandoned. The Government has watered down Environmental Land Management schemes.

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Australia’s renewable energy goals can’t come at the cost of biodiversity – we need a strategic approach | Hugh Possingham

The Guardian: Energy

The climate crisis we know well; the second, less appreciated threat to humanity is biodiversity loss. We need solutions to this conundrum quickly, otherwise there will be lost opportunities, expensive mistakes and even more extinctions. Humanity faces two existential crises.

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Why growing numbers of firms think mandatory biodiversity risk reporting is needed

Business Green

As governments prepare to weigh proposals for mandatory corporate nature disclosure rules at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit next week, the latest data from environmental disclosure platform CDP has highlighted the shortfalls of the currently purely voluntary approach.

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Cost of biodiversity action will double if delayed until 2030, researchers warn

Business Green

Putting off action to protect biodiversity will double the cost and result in the extinction of many more species when compared to acting now to curb global impacts, according to sobering findings published by Vivid Economics and the Natural History Museum this morning. If action is delayed, it may not be feasible at all, it warns.