Published on: 3 November 2021
Jazz Austin, Policy Officer at the RSPB and part of Link's Blueprint for Water Group, discusses why our freshwater and coastal habitats need greater recognition as part of the solution to the twin climate and nature crises.
Read More...Published on: 2 November 2021
Wildlife and Countryside Link's Tallulah Belassie-Page discusses why healthy ecosystems are essential for our climate and what outcomes we hope to see for nature at COP26.
Read More...Published on: 1 November 2021
As COP26 finally gets underway in Glasgow, Deborah Long, Chief Officer at Scottish Environment Link looks at what has led us to the twin nature and climate crises, and what needs to happen if the Decade for Ecosystem Restoration is to truly deliver for the environment.
Read More...Published on: 29 October 2021
Following controversial comments by the Prime Minister that recycling "doesn't work" as a means to solve the climate crisis, WWF's Paula Chin, chair of Link's Resources and Waste Group, and Link Policy Officer Matthew Dawson, write that he was right to highlight the flaws in our recycling system, but now the Government must provide solutions to our waste and plastics problems which go beyond recycling.
Read More...Published on: 28 October 2021
After the Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs Committee published its report on Environmental Land Management today, Barnaby Coupe, Land Use Manager at The Wildlife Trusts and Alice Groom, Senior Policy Officer at the RSPB discuss its findings.
Read More...Published on: 25 October 2021
Ahead of the Spending Review on Wednesday, Paul Morling, Chief Economist at RSPB gives us a breakdown of what the government need to do to bring biodiversity back from the brink and heed recovery, both for the economy and for nature.
Read More...Published on: 21 October 2021
Co-Chair of the Link Legal Strategy Group Carol Day makes the case for a Environmental Rights Act, to secure access to environmental justice for all.
Read More...Published on: 20 October 2021
Guy Shrubsole, Policy and Campaigns Coordinator at Rewilding Britain, explains new analysis that shows that rewilding generates jobs. Read more in RB's newly published report 'Rewilding and the rural economy.'
Read More...Published on: 15 October 2021
Georgina Chandler, Senior International Policy Officer at RSPB, reflects on this week's opening of the Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 in Kunming, and sets out what needs to happen in the run up to the main negotiations next year.
Read More...Published on: 14 October 2021
Dr Richard Benwell, CEO of Wildlife and Countryside Link discusses the state of play on agricultural policy, and outlines the recommendations from Link's new report 'Digging Deeper'.
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