We are not ready for the warming and extreme weather events we can expect from climate change. The gap between the level of risk we face from climate change in the UK and our readiness to adapt to these risks has widened. With nature at its heart, the third National Adaptation Programme has the potential to be pivotal in helping the UK to adapt to climate change.

Lead is a toxic pollutant, and yet it’s still being spewed into our environment through hunting, sports shooting and fishing activities. Here we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest in the fight across the UK and EU to consign this poison to the history books!

In the UK, we have strong laws that protect us, our wildlife, and businesses. But now, the UK Government’s Retained EU Law Bill (nicknamed the 'Bulldozer Bill') threatens some of these precious and powerful laws, as well as the health of the waters, wildlife and places that rely on them. In leaving the EU we were promised that we would now be free to replace continent-spanning legislation with laws and regulations that…

A recent mid-study report by Dr Andreas Heinemeyer from the University of York into the management of heather moorland suggests that managed burning, cutting and even non-intervention should all be available to land managers giving them a choice of management techniques to use. The report has been widely publicised by the shooting industry, however, its findings are far from conclusive, with the results of the study…

At this year’s Oxford Real Farming Conference we came together with farmers, citizens and wildlife experts to explore how we can change the way we use our land. We looked at the on-farm implications and explored how the best decisions can be supported.

In an increasingly unpredictable world, the environmental sector needs to work with others to look ahead and better understand the drivers of change, including risks or opportunities, that nature and biodiversity will be facing in future.

Chris Skidmore MP has published his widely anticipated Net Zero Review: “Mission Zero”. It offers up a scathing critique of the UK Government’s failures to rise to the climate challenge – but what does it say about nature?

A new ground-breaking study shows the scale of agri-environment scheme provision required at both the farm and landscape-scales, to reverse declines in farmland birds such as starling and skylark.

COP15 led to a landmark agreement for Nature, and while we celebrate the outcome of such a momentous occasion, the hard work has only just started. Implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework will require a step up in engagement and implementation of practices that work for nature, across all of society.

COP15 has concluded and this blog is a roundup from those on the ground on what we got and whether the COP delivered.

The COP15 is a crucial moment, bringing together leaders from across the world to agree a framework to put nature on the road to recovery. But this is not just a task for elected officials – we all have a role to play, whether at home or in the workplace

The dream is that conferences, pledges and reports on biodiversity inclusion in business decisions is no longer needed, as it will be inherently embedded into the system. The pledge is a call to action and the starting point on the journey

Here in Montreal, the most important international environment summit of the decade – COP15 – is in full swing. We are five days in, and it’s certainly been a rollercoaster. We’re here to report out on progress (or lack of) and gear you up for what’s to come.

This it is not a normal CBD COP meeting. In the next two weeks of COP15 a new roadmap to nature recovery will be decided, ultimately looking to repair our relationship with nature. This is the time for action, be part of the solution and understand how your business impacts biodiversity.

“Our world leaders should follow the example of the birds, and these dancers, at COP15, and cooperate to create something beautiful - a plan for the future of nature” Sadeck Waff, choreographer this amazing ‘human murmuration’ video which is part of the Urgent Conversation campaign.

This decade, we need to see business action at a much greater scale than we’ve seen so far on climate, and it must address climate change and biodiversity loss together.

COP27 was touted as the implementation COP, the Africa COP that would put the priorities of the most vulnerable at its heart in the bid to negotiate a climate deal. Did it deliver? Let’s takes a look at the highs and lows of the Sharm el-Sheikh climate negotiations.

At the mid-way point of this year’s climate summit – COP27 – we're pausing to reflect on progress so far, and what’s yet needed for a successful outcome. Get involved in calling for the success of COP15 too. Check out urgentconversation.org to add your voice!

Many ambitious local leaders are already making significant progress in delivering the commitments of the 25 Year Environment Plan. Our local authorities must be given the powers and funding they need to deliver their part.

The RSPB and other environmental NGOs are deeply frustrated with the delay in setting legally binding environmental targets and have launched a formal complaint with DEFRA. Learn about the enforcement process and what further action we are planning to take.

RSPB will be at COP27, with our BirdLife family, ready to hold our leaders accountable and push for the best outcomes for nature, climate and people. This is a crucial moment for climate and nature action to be urgently scaled up across the globe, and the stakes could not be higher.

Since the publication of the 25 Year Environment Plan the UK Net Zero Strategy has been published and the third National Adaptation Programme is underway. With the upcoming 25YEP refresh, there now needs to be more emphasis across policies on the role of nature in tackling climate change.

The RSPB is calling for a ban on burning peatland whilst asking for citizen’s help identifying burns using the Upland Burn reporting App.

The long awaited COP15 summit is fast approaching. Given we’re already 2 years into the decade, there isn’t a moment to waste; we need to plan how we will deliver a nature positive world by 2030.

The positive ambition initially expressed in the 25YEP seems to have been abandoned. It’s crucial to keep nature’s recovery central to the planning system in the 25YEP refresh and avoid mechanisms that weaken nature protect.