Today’s blog is written by Paul Morling, Principal Economist reflecting on the outcomes of the Autumn Budget and Spending review. Fiscal statements are primarily economic statements and building back from the ravages of the pandemic is uppermo...

 Todays blog is written by Georgina Chandler, the RSPB's Global Policy Officer, on the huge declines in bird species across Europe... A new study on breeding birds in the EU and UK shows one out of every six birds over nearly a 40 -year period h...

Todays blog is written from the RSPB's Climate Change principal policy officer, Mel Coath, on her reflections from COP26  It’s probably fair to say that there are as many interpretations of the outcome of COP26 as there are people who foll...

Reporting from COP26 with Roisin Taylor, climate change project manager in the UK land, seas and climate policy team, on how we are taking peat to the global stage of COP26. Whilst COP26 is often referred to as the ‘climate conference&rsqu...

Ali Plummer, Head of External Affairs and Advocacy writes again on our blog with a final update on the Environment Bill which is now an Act. Last night the Westminster Environment Act received Royal Assent and we now have a brand new piece of legisla...

Today’s blog is written by Jazz Austin, Water Policy Officer, on RSPB Haweswater and Medmerry meeting the IUCN’s Global Standard for nature-based solutions.  RSPB sites, Haweswater and Medmerry, are two of five sites in England to s...

Today's blog is written by Mel Coath, Our Principal Policy Officer on Climate As the most important international climate meeting since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, COP26 is taking the world’s media by storm. The Paris Agr...

This blog is written by Kirsten Carter, The RSPB’s Principal Marine Policy Officer ‘We need Nature Based Solutions to climate change’ is a phrase you might have heard before. This is all about harnessing the power of nature to mitig...

Today’s blog is written by Jazz Austin, RSPB Water Policy Officer, on how to join online our COP26’s Green Zone event.  On Sunday, the 7th November 2021 at 10:30am, the RSPB and&...

Today’s blog is written by Paul Morling, RSPB’s Principal Economist, on how crucial increased government spending is to restoring and enhancing the nature. Nature is in trouble. We are seeing declines in biodiversity, with more species at...

”Hot from the press” with Jacques Villemot, Marine Policy Officer, who talks about the new protected area and its implication for UK seabirds.  Today, a major hotspot for seabirds covering an area the si...

Read on to explore how harnessing the power of nature can help us adapt to climate change and make places better for people to live.

One year on from the Leaders Pledge for Nature, this blog takes a deep dive analysis into the promises the government has made, what action has been taken and what we need to do to turn this around for nature.

Today’s blog is written by Alice Groom Senior Policy Officer leading the RSPB’s work on the new environmental land management schemes in England A new report seriously throws into question the UK Government’s claim to be a global le...

Read this blog to find out more on how poor water quality is impacting our best places for nature and what we can do to fix it

Our first blog is written by Ali Plummer, Head of External Affairs and Advocacy Programming on how important the Environmental Bill is for nature. This week, significant amendments were made to the Environ...