Conservation groups collaborate to host climate hustings in Sevenoaks
Voters will get the chance to grill Sevenoaks electoral candidates on their environmental policies in a special climate hustings.
Hottest day on record is becoming old news, we must tackle climate change in Kent before it is too late
Deadly wildfires, raging storms and soaring temperatures are becoming increasingly common across the globe. Coupled with the recent news that Earth may have already exceeded a 1.5c warming and is set to pass 2°c by the end of the decade, Kent Wildlife Trust warns now is the time for action as we head towards a general election.
UK risks major embarrassment on global stage at nature COP15 as wildlife declines at home
Kent Wildlife Trust urges MPs to back ambitious nature recovery targets
MPs must seize huge opportunity for green recovery
Agriculture Bill must tackle nature crisis to ensure future food security
Winning in a changing climate: a jewel wasp new to Britain found in Kent
This jewel wasp is a species new to Britain and new to Kent, found on our reserves and most likely enabled by a changing climate – we always think of climate change as bad, but as species are pushed out of their continental range and expand north, they have to find stepping stones of habitat further north or go extinct. We are going to lose species to climate change, but also gain them.
More than one in ten UK species threatened with extinction
It’s not too late to save UK nature, but we must act now: this is the conclusion from a coalition of more than 50 leading wildlife and research organisations behind the State of Nature 2016 report.