Thousands join ‘Restore Nature Now’ march channel4.com/news/thousands…

Yesterday, over 60,000 people marched to Parliament demanding immediate action to #RestoreNatureNow! 🌍 This massive turnout highlights the urgent need for stronger political action to tackle the nature and climate crisis. Find out more 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/news/over-6000…

Despite being consistently one of the most important issue for voters, absolutely no mention of climate and nature. Seriously depressing…

New analysis by The Wildlife Trusts shows that dozens of seats could be decided by voters who want to see more action on climate and nature. Read more here 👇

#Election & environment thoughts: - Lab & LDs ran on very pro-climate manifestos and won big - Tories framed net zero as a cost and a negative. Lost massively - Greens won record 4 seats. 1 Green MP was influential. 4 is a lot - But 4 Reform MPs, openly anti net zero & renewables

With election results now in, what's next for nature? 🦅 Here’s five asks we think the new government should prioritise in their first 100 days 👇🏼 ! wildlifetrusts.org/blog/elliot-ch…

My congratulations to Steve Reed MP for being appointed Secretary of State Defra UK We The Wildlife Trusts look forward to working in partnership with you to deliver much faster and more ambitious action to tackle the climate and nature crises

Congratulations to Ed Miliband on being appointed Secretary of State Department for Energy Security and Net Zero We The Wildlife Trusts look forward to working in partnership with you on the role #nature can play in #climate #mitigation (eg. sucking carbon out the air) and #adaptation (eg. reducing flood risk)

Constituency level polling, using MRP of over 10,000 people across Great Britain by Survation, shows that, in the 251 seats lost by the Conservatives, almost half believe the Conservative Party was wrong to weaken climate commitments: greenpeace.org.uk/news/election-…

The King’s Speech today called for planning to happen faster. So long as that also means planning to #restorenaturenow, we agree. Every new development needs to help tackle the nature and climate crises, as set out in our blog: wildlifetrusts.org/blog/becky-pul… (🧵1/3)

New report from RSPB National Trust & The Wildlife Trusts reveals need to increase the nature-friendly farming budget significantly to tackle the nature and climate crises and future proof British #farming. Find out more and read the report 👇 wildlifetrusts.org/news/new-repor…

Revealed: Tories failed to do impact check before approving banned 'deathblow' pesticide. A single teaspoon of the stuff is enough to deliver a lethal dose to 1.25 billion bees. In response, new Lab. ministers have re-pledged to end its use. My story ⬇️ theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Shocking! The last government made no assessment of the harm approving bee-killing pesticides could have on protected sites. It's no wonder only a third are in good condition! theguardian.com/environment/ar…

It shows that officials chose not to carry out a legally required assessment of how the decision would affect protected sites, on the basis that doing so would be too difficult. Elliot Chapman-Jones of the The Wildlife Trusts said failing to do so was "unacceptable". theguardian.com/environment/ar…

It's fantastic to see Ed Miliband's #GreatBritishEnergy Bill published today. Please would it be possible to amend its objects to include #nature? We need clean energy quickly, but it'd be a wasted opportunity if it didn't consider nature recovery and green & blue carbon. 🌊🌳

There will be a ‘nature voice’ in the new govt’s ‘mission control’ team tasked w/seeing the clean power by 2030 pledge realised, Ed Miliband tells LCEF #GreenRenewal conf. Says there are ‘better ways’ to get nature in at start of planning process for green infrastructure

Really good meeting today with leading nature charities to discuss the action needed in this Parliament to protect & restore the natural world. Green MPs & peers will work closely with conservation groups on key issues such as sewage, nature-friendly farming & flood management.

Great to see Steve Reed MP announce that Defra UK will rapidly review and strengthen the Environmental Improvement Plan. A decade of renewal needs nature's recovery and a plan that sets a clear path to halting nature's decline is essential.

With fab colleagues from Green Alliance, RSPB, WWF UK and Friends of the Earth at UK Prime Minister this morning to discuss how UK Government works alongside civil society. Building a stronger partnership is the only way we'll tackle the climate and nature crisis 🌱

Wildlife charities are calling for beavers to be released into rivers across England and Wales. Rob Stoneman, from The Wildlife Trusts, talks to #R4Today about the benefits of beavers, and how they help keep flood water 'out of our living rooms'.