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Around 35% of respondents said they now trust their government’s ability to tackle the climate crisis less than they did before the pandemic
On average, there has been a 68% decrease in the population sizes of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish between 1970 and 2016
That’s the call from Friends of the Earth, which claims some of the biggest landowners in England have woodland cover ‘even lower than the weak national average’
Microplastic and other man-made fibre particles were found in 67% of the creatures studied
The money comes from an award the Swedish teen activist has won and will be used to support environmental causes around the world
An addition £4 million of funding will support green spaces in four areas which have been hit hard by coronavirus
The plan will see the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty expanded by around 38 square kilometres
The new scheme aims to create up to 3,000 jobs such as ecologists, surveyors, nature reserve staff and education workers in environmental organisations and support their suppliers
The commitment forms part of Amazon’s Climate Pledge that seeks to achieve net zero emission targets by 2040
The city, which declared a climate emergency in February 2019, has already reduced emissions by 47% between 2009-2019
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