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We need schools to lead a values revolution

This post is by Natasha Parker, Global Action Plan’s head of wellbeing and consumerism Young people are growing up in an unprecedented time of hyper-consumerism, where ubiquitous advertising compels them
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A less is more approach will be better for hill farmers and the environment

This post is by Tom Lancaster, head of land, seas and climate at the RSPB; Ellie Brodie, senior policy manager at The Wildlife Trusts; and Marcus Gilleard, senior policy programme
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What does a watertight national climate strategy look like?

As the UK heads to the polls once more, there’s something different this time round. In previous elections, climate change barely got any airtime. Now, as poll after poll shows
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Is this our Silent Spring moment?

Last week the government published the latest statistics on wild bird populations in the UK, which show that the UK is in trouble. The statistics may have slipped under the
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Electric mobility should benefit the poorest in our society

I have been working in Victoria, London, for the past three years. The buildings, the corner shops and the pubs have roughly stayed the same in this period but I’ve
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One year to COP26: what is the plan?

In Paris in 2015, the world pledged to keep global temperatures to well below two degrees, or to 1.5c if possible. But when it came to concrete plans, their actions
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The new government has the chance to make the Environment Bill a game-changer

The Environment Bill, published at the end of October, has given us a glimpse of what environmental regulation could look like after Brexit. Positioned as a “huge star” of the
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