• State of Nature and climate change
    State of Nature , a scientific collaboration of 25 UK conservation organisations, saying that our species are in already trouble, my thoughts turned to consider how climate change might be part of that...
  • Nature, adaptation and climate change at Bonn
    It’s good to step out occasionally and gain a wider perspective on things, and the three-day Bonn meeting on climate change and nature conservation in Europe was a particularly good occasion. It mixed...
  • Climate change projections from IPCC?
    John Lanchbery, Principal Climate Advisor In the few days since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its report on climate science, there have been some liberal interpretations...
  • Talking confidently about climate change
    The awful floods we’ve had have re-awakened the some of the old climate change arguments. Were they, or weren’t they, caused by climate change? Are our greenhouse emissions really at the root of climate...
  • Action for nature habitats and climate change
    We now know much about how climate change affects wildlife - species such as the Dartford warbler and the bee orchid are moving further north and recent storms have highlighted the vulnerability of coastal...