🚨NEW: Ecologists, engineers and architects have written to the PM raising “deep concern” about the government’s “prevailing narrative” that nature is a blocker to growth “without the evidence” to demonstrate this 👇 www.endsreport.com/article/1906...

Ecologists, engineers and architects write to PM of ‘deep concern’ over anti-nature rhetoric

<b>EXCLUSIVE:</b> Professional bodies from the environmental and construction sectors have written to the prime minister to raise “deep concern” about the government’s “prevailing narrative” that natu...

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A choice between nature and housing is a false dichotomy. We’ve signed a letter organised by @cieem.bsky.social stating how the government can achieve both by working closely with ecologists 🌍

British Ecological Society@britishecologicalsociety.org · 2y ago

Housing🤝Nature To deliver much-needed housing while ensuring that our natural environment is protected and enhanced, the Government must work closely with ecologists, planners, landscape architects and other environmental experts.

Rachel Reeves has claimed that 'The balance has gone too far in the direction of always protecting every bat and every newt.' The monitoring data on the state of bats and amphibians in the UK says otherwise 🌎🧪

British Ecological Society@britishecologicalsociety.org · 2y ago

Nature is not a blocker to growth. The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has claimed that 'The balance has gone too far in the direction of always protecting every bat and every newt.' But how can this statement be true when the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world?🌍

A roller coaster day following the #CANBill second reading in parliament. In the end the vote was postponed to July. A disappointing outcome given the urgency of the climate and biodiversity crises but some rays of hope from the cross-party support and grown up debate. @zero-hour.bsky.social

British Ecological Society@britishecologicalsociety.org · 2y ago

The health of UK nature is deteriorating rapidly and today’s stalling of the #CANBill keeps our wildlife firmly stuck in the legislative equivalent of the A&E corridor. @zero-hour.bsky.social Still, the cross-party support for the bill gives hope for an healthy, ecologically resilient future 🌍

The new IPBES report says what the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social and many others have been saying for a long time, that the crises we face (biodiversity, climate, water, health, food) are all interlinked and cannot be tackled in siloes. Crucially it also spells out these complex links + ways forward 🌍

British Ecological Society@britishecologicalsociety.org · 2y ago

Today sees the launch of the IPBES #NexusAssessment, a landmark global assessment of the interlinked crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, health, food and water. But what does it mean? Read on to hear from @carolinehowe.bsky.social (our new Vice President) & @sebdunnett.bsky.social 🌍🧪

Did you catch our CEO Hazel Norman on BBC Radio Merseyside this morning? Catch up with today's breakfast show to hear Hazel talk about #BES2024 and some of the exciting research on show! 📻 (1:23:00) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🌍🧪

Up bright and early to listen to @britishecolsoc.bsky.social CEO Hazel Norman talk to about #BES2024 on BBC Radio Merseyside

Not all climate change solutions are equal. Great piece from @rickstafford.bsky.social on what climate solution pitfalls we should look out for as #COP29 negotiations head into the endgame. Including an overreliance on carbon capture tech, outsourcing emissions and badly implemented NbS. 🌍🧪

COP29: What are the climate change solution pitfalls to look out for? - British Ecological Society

To tackle the global climate and biodiversity crises, we need a range of solutions. While some ideas can be powerful win-win solutions, others present pitfalls that could harm progress.

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British Ecological Society@britishecologicalsociety.org · 2y ago

Yesterday we shared some positive actions we can take to mitigate against the worst of impacts of climate change. But not all solutions are equal. Here @rickstafford.bsky.social shares some climate solution pitfalls to look out for 🌎🧪 https://buff.ly/40VcgYB

A real joy to edit this wonderfully written piece by @ymalhi.bsky.social on what exactly goes on at COPs and why they have value beyond the less than inspiring headline outcomes

British Ecological Society@britishecologicalsociety.org · 2y ago

While headline outcomes of #COP16 may have been disappointing, @ymalhi.bsky.social finds causes for optimism as he reveals the hope, inspiration and connections taking place behind the headlines in Cali. 🌎 www.britishecologicalsociety.org/cop16-optimi...