Financing nature restoration really needs to come from national budgets rather than governments hoping that the private sector will fill the gap as frankly this is a pipe dream which may ever materialise and nature restoration cannot wait..

CEE Bankwatch Network@ceebankwatch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today marks the deadline for EU Member States to submit their national restoration plans. 🌱 We’re eager to see how they plan to restore nature – and how ambitious their plans will be. The final steps in the process have to be transparent&inclusive!

I am just looking at the government's What Works Network and it is mad that there is no What Work Centre looking at environmental policymaking www.gov.uk/guidance/wha... Why the hell not? We need effective policy urgently in this area. Surely this needs to be addressed? @andyburnham.bsky.social

What Works Network

The What Works Network uses evidence to improve the design and delivery of public services.

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BREAKING 🚨: reports suggest Andy Burnham could approve new oil and gas fields, including Rosebank. Is he REALLY going to cave into the demands of the profiteering oil giants and Trump? Or is he going to stand with people facing soaring bills and a worsening climate crisis?

This is so fucking dark.

Unearthed@unearthednews.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to base a family detention centre on one of the most PFAS-contaminated sites in the US www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Looking forward to speaking at University of Glasgow next week about my research on the role of trade unions and workers in shaping #JustTransition processes in Chile @glasgow.ac.uk next week www.linkedin.com/posts/ursula...

Factcheck: Why expensive gas – not net-zero – is keeping UK electricity prices so high | #CBarchive ✍️ @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/DWsC3sZ

Work is not only about tasks — it’s about how work is designed and experienced. 📌For #SafeDay, join the conversation on building healthier psychosocial working environments: https://ow.ly/PX1H50YIKeF

Restoring nature at scale while supporting farming livelihoods is a critical challenge. Research led by Priestley member Dominick Spracklen sets out a twenty year plan to restore ecosystems in the Lake District, while securing a viable future for fell farming 👉 climate.leeds.ac.uk/news/twenty-...

Twenty-year plan to restore nature and support fell farming - Priestley Centre for Climate Futures

Work to restore heathland, meadows, woodland, peatlands and rivers in the uplands of South Cumbria has begun in earnest thanks to a new project supported by Defra’s Landscape Recovery Scheme. Work to ...

climate.leeds.ac.uk

So important. Been listening to the mini podcast series Carbon Bros really helps understand this podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

The Testosterone Pipeline: How the Manosphere Fuels Climate Denial

Podcast Episode · Drilled · S13 E1 · 32m

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Governments sit and watch while oligarchs purchase our politics, as if it were just another asset to be monopolised. For the sake of democracy and our own survival, we need to get the money out. Our political systems must belong to us and us alone. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

Lords Library briefing for my fatal motion seeking to prevent serious legislative overreach of declaring #AnimalTesting facilities "critical national infrastructure". Putting severe, and unclear, restrictions on protest lordslibrary.parliament.uk/public-order...

Public Order Act 2023 (Interference with Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025

New government regulations would designate UK life sciences facilities as key national infrastructure, extending police powers to act against protest activity at such facilities. The government argues...

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www.neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/w...

Why private finance alone can’t restore nature | NEB Digest

The challenges and controversies around funding solutions to the nature crisis with private capital, and proposals for alternatives.

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Cool !

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 9mo ago

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.

Great news for the retrofit world #WarmHomesForAll

Friends of the Earth@friends-earth.bsky.social · 9mo ago

After 3+ years of campaigning from Friends of the Earth, the government has now published its #WarmHomesPlan. This is a significant step towards making our homes greener and cheaper to heat. The plan shows good progress, but we must see more funding and ambition. Breakdown 👇

Only 2 Landscape Recovery projects have moved into delivery phase. And with SFI closed and Higher Tier invite-only, farmers are left waiting. In this blog, @lydiacollas.bsky.social outlines why 2026 must be the year government turns farm livelihoods around by expanding ELM uptake.

Half full or half empty? What did 2025 mean for the farming transition

As 2026 begins, there’s no denying the deep frustration surrounding farming policy. Questions swirl around exactly what the farming minister’s priorities are, when schemes will be opened for applications and whether the Landscape Recovery scheme will get more than the £500 million that was announced in December.

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Cool piece of research. Articulates well what I had noticed but couldn’t quite put into words. Ppl seem to be forgetting the point of why we need net zero theconversation.com/we-analysed-...

We analysed 73,000 articles and found the UK media is divorcing ‘climate change’ from net zero

Articles on net zero used to always explain the scientific background. But not anymore.

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Want to see billionaire brainwashing in action? Seven out of ten Brits are big fans of renewable energy and want to see lots more of it. But they think the majority of people DON’T support it. That disconnect isn’t an accident. 🧵

What does Chile's 2023 Lithium Strategy mean for workers in the industry? Can it help deliver a Just Transition? Find out in this short case study brief. Available here: business.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/do...

Recommended watch: In a new video series from Earthday.org and the Pulitzer Centre, three investigative journalists discussed their reporting on deforestation in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Underreported Earth: “Tree Tales”

EARTHDAY.ORG and The Pulitzer Center present Underreported Earth: "Tree Tales" — three episodes of investigative journalism from the world’s most threatened ...

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Good news for a change. #democracy #Sheffield

Now Then magazine@nowthenmag.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Sheffield will keep its hard fought-for committee system of local governance, after the government U-turned on plans to force all councils across the country to adopt more centralised leadership models. ✍️ @sammgreg.bsky.social #Sheffield #LocalDemocracy

New blog out summarising main findings from the report on Just transition in Chile business.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/r...

Am finally getting round to setting up a BlueSky account. Currently engaged in mass following event as have used SkyBridge to find people I used follow over on Twitter. [click, click, click]