The Climate Emergency
Our natural world is in a critical condition. Climate change, brought about through human activities, threatens our world, while also causing devastating damage to wildlife.
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Climate emergency
Our natural world is in a critical condition. Whilst we have secured some laws for protection in the UK and the EU, these are rarely well enforced and do not provide for nature’s recovery. The…
Climate friendly gardening
There are plenty of ways you can take action against climate change in your own backyard or local greenspace.
How to help combat climate change at home
Guest blogger John Box explains how everyone can make a difference in helping to tackle the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis.
North-west ‘relief’ road fuels climate crisis
Shropshire Wildlife Trust has joined Better Shrewsbury Transport (BeST), an alliance of organisations which holds the view that building more roads is neither sensible nor sustainable in a period…
Restoring the Marches Mosses to help the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis
John Box, member of the SWT Carbon and Climate Group, talks about how recreating bogs can help in slowing climate change with the help of BogLIFE Project Manager Robert Duff.
Hope and opportunity: how nature can be supported to adapt to climate change
Supporting nature can help address many climate change challenges, and the time to act is now. Today, the Climate Change Committee have released their urgent recommendations for UK Government.…
Things you can do about climate change
There are simple and easy things that we can all do to reduce our carbon footprint and make a big difference to the natural world.
Why we must all play our part in fighting climate change
Guest writer, John Box explains the dangers of climate change and the desperate need for people to take more action now.
Shropshire Climate Action Partnership announces publication of the Zero Carbon Shropshire Plan
A team of over 100 volunteers from across Shropshire, including businesses, councils, and community groups, have responded to the climate emergency by producing a plan for Shropshire. The Plan…
The Labour Party's manifesto: nature and climate crises, an urgent challenge that must be faced?
After outlining their plans for nature's recovery, the Labour Party has now launched their official manifesto. In this blog, I review what's new, including a recognition that the nature…
COP15
In 2022, China will host the Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal – also known as COP15. COP15 will be a crucial moment in the global fight to reverse the worldwide decline in biodiversity. It’s also an important moment in efforts to tackle the climate crisis and make the case for nature-based solutions to climate change.