Arable farmer Martin Lines has a specific interest in farm conservation and management and is UK chairman of the Nature Friendly Farmer Network. Hannah Park reports.
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Six months into his new role as CEO of producer compliance scheme Ecosurety, Will Ghali talks about climate ambition, cross-sector collaboration and the role of the resource and waste sector in the transition to a circular economy. At the end of this month, it is expected the Government will enshrine in law a major new climate change target. The target – to cut the UK’s emissions by 78% by 2035[i] – will be the world’s most ambitious and, if met, will move the UK more than three-quarters of the way to meeting its Net Zero by 2050 objective.
The LIFE programme – the EU’s funding instrument for environment and climate action – is set to host two virtual events this week and next week. The programme is hosting the events ahead of and during SERE2021, the 12th European Conference on Ecological Restoration. Organised by the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) Europe and the University of Alicante, SERE2021 is taking place from Tuesday, September 7, to Friday, September 10. According to LIFE, the conference will feature discussions on the challenges facing ecological restoration in post-2020 Europe. It will also look at how ecological restoration can benefit damaged, degraded and destroyed socio-ecological systems.
Reliability matters: Achieving affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030 On the first UN International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, we recognize that achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) – affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030 – needs to go beyond just distribution of clean cooking solutions. Focusing on the reliability of clean cooking solutions might be a key missing factor in clean energy progress.
On October 10 and 11, the U.S.Chamber of Commerce Foundation hosted 25 sustainability and waste management professionals for a Chicago Business Delegation Tour that focused on the circular economy in…
On July 13-15, the MAC will be organising a Workshop on Voluntary Sustainability Claims on Seafood Products. The purpose of the workshop is to bring together members of the MAC, institutions and external experts in a constructive exchange about how voluntary sustainability claims on seafood products, including ecolabels and certification schemes, interact with the EU seafood market. The workshop outcomes are intended to aid the European Commission in assessing the situation and to help provide guidance to inform any further steps.
Zurich-based RobecoSAM has launched a strategy that seeks to take advantage of the “paradigm shift” toward a ‘circular economy’, wherein resources are used and recycled for as long as possible in a bid to minimise waste.