Rishi Sunak has abandoned the environment
Liz Truss was vilified for her government’s attack on nature and now Rishi Sunak is abandoning the environment. Surely, securing the future of our natural world should be the focus of consensus?…
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Nature’s recovery is not a choice but a necessity for our politicians
The latest worrying statistics as shared in the recent State of Nature 2023 report cannot – and should not – be ignored by our politicians. The Wildlife Trusts head of public affairs, Elliot…
Top 10 issues for The Wildlife Trusts and nature’s recovery in 2023
In 2023, The Wildlife Trusts will call on the Government to ensure that nature is able to recover by...
Without more ambition, Government agricultural reforms will put nature at greater risk
Today the Secretary of State, George Eustice, will speak at Groundswell – the regenerative farming get-together. Elliot Chapman-Jones says the Minister must stand by commitments not to repeat the…
We need a target that will leave the next generation with more nature – not less.
The Government’s headline promise is to halt wildlife decline by 2030. But it cannot be enough to simply ‘halt decline’ – after we have lost so much, we need to start putting nature into recovery…
Can the UK rise to the top of the G7 class in tackling the nature crisis?
Elliot Chapman-Jones, Head of Public Affairs, asks whether the Government threatens to undermine its own big ambition to restore nature at a time when it wants to be a world leader
The Environment Bill returns for its third reading
On Wednesday 26th May, the Environment Bill returned to the House of Commons for its second day of report stage and its third reading. These are the final steps before it moves into the House of…
The Dasgupta Review: it's time to invest in nature
Today, we welcome the publication of the Dasgupta Review, an independent review on the economics of biodiversity. But what does it tell us? Elliot Chapman-Jones, Head of Public Affairs, explains…
The Environment Bill returns – but can it reverse the ‘truly terrifying’ decline of nature?
We are one of the most nature depleted countries on the planet. If the Government is serious about its ambition to finally turn the tide on nature’s decline, action must start at home.
The new Environment Bill and what it means
The Wildlife Trusts have long campaigned for ambitious laws for nature, and we welcome the new Environment Bill and its ambition. We hope this long-awaited Bill drives real action to tackle the…