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Climate solutions from peatlands to parasites
As world leaders arrive in Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Conference (CpP26), scientific experts have created a virtual tour showcasing research to tackle Scotland’s climate crisis.
UK Carbon Price Index
Peatlands and the climate emergency
2019 has seen all four devolved governments across the UK declare a climate emergency.
The Sixth Carbon Budget report is published today
The Sixth Carbon Budget report by the Climate Change Committee, required under the Climate Change Act is published today.
British Ecological Society: Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change in the UK Report
The British Ecological Society have today published their landmark report offering the first comprehensive assessment of the potential of nature-based solutions in the UK.
Committee on Climate Change Report on Land Use: Policies for a Net Zero UK
Climate Change Committee publishes first ever in-depth advice on UK agricultural and land use policies.
Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme
Natural England has launched the first round of Discovery Grants, as part of the Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme. Information about the scheme to restore English peatlands and how to…
New short animation explores the extraordinary story of peat and carbon
This short animation explores the extraordinary quantities of carbon locked up on millennial timescales within peatland ecosystems.
Climate change and UK birds – a focus on peatlands
The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) launch a new report on the impacts of climate change on UK birds timed to coincide with CoP26.
Peat restoration and natural flood management
The Upland Environments Research Unit at the University of Manchester has been working closely with Moors for the Future Partnership over the last decade to produce an empirically grounded…
Sphagnum is a key ingredient of natural flood management
In 2008 iCASP published research that showed how water running over Sphagnum on blanket peatlands moved much more slowly (often ten times slower) than water running through sedges or bare peat.…
