Over four years in the 1820s, Charles Waterton built a 9ft-high, 3-mile-long wall around the parkland and lake of Walton Hall. The fox- and poacher-proof boundary enclosed what could be the world’s first nature reserve, completed in Yorkshire 200 years ago. Waterton, an eccentric, controversial and pioneering environmentalist, built nest boxes, special banks for sand…
Philip Lane, Member of the European Central Bank (ECB), told an audience in London on Wednesday that the propagation of the Iran shock may be more contained than in 2022, but stronger and faster than historical averages. Key quotes: Increase in selling price expectations suggests input cost pressures will map into higher output prices in…
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The winning photograph, Handprint on Sea Turtle by Britta Jaschinski Britta Jaschinski/Environmental Photography Award 2026 The illegal trade in live and dead animals funds crime and political corruption and threatens biodiversity. Sadly, prosecutions are rare. Alexandra Thomas and Louise Gibson at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Wildlife Forensic Lab are working on techniques to…
This event brings together experts on space climate to give an overview of how the coupled sun-to-Earth system responsible for “space weather” behaves on longer timescales. This includes “bottom-up” effects of terrestrial climate change on the space environment, vital for the satellite sector, and potential “top-down” effects on Earth’s climate from solar radiation and particles,…
The “stark reality” of what’s happening to the climate and natural world is the focus of a film to be shown to local VIPs in Ilkley. It features warnings from scientists and other experts about the severe potential consequences of these crises including food shortages and civil unrest. This public event, known as the People’s…
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The European People’s Party (EPP) hopes to reach agreement on a dramatic reversal of the EU’s internal combustion engine ban within the democratic centre of the European Parliament, chairman Manfred Weber has signalled while sidestepping questions about possible cooperation with the far right. It was “a quite normal thing that a rapporteur presents an EPP…
WEST Belfast Partnership Board hosted its 2026 Environment Awards at the Roddy McCorley Club, celebrating outstanding environmental projects and community initiatives from across West Belfast. The annual awards recognise the efforts of local schools, community organisations and residents’ groups that are helping to improve the environment through community growing projects, sustainability programmes and innovative eco-friendly…
Wizz Air target cut by Panmure Liberum as trading environment dominated by Middle East Proactive uses images sourced from Shutterstock Panmure Liberum has cut its target price for Wizz Air Holdings PLC (AIM:WIZZ) despite the budget airline lifting profit guidance, arguing that the upgrade does little to change a tougher picture for the carrier. The…
