Month: August 2022

Scientists embark on world-first study to reveal carbon stored in UK seas

Stuart Mitchell

The UK will become the first nation to produce a complete map of its blue carbon stores, thanks to a new, pioneering project.   The Blue Carbon Mapping project – led by the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) and funded by WWF-UK in collaboration with The Wildlife Trusts and RSPB – builds on the blue carbon mapping that began in Scotland.   The final report will be produced by the summer of 2023, with initial findings expected later this year.   There is currently limited information about how much carbon is stored…

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CEO to leave WRAP at the end of the year

Stuart Mitchell

Dr Marcus Gover, Chief Executive of climate action NGO WRAP, has announced he will be leaving at the end of the year. Marcus, who has been CEO for the past six years, said: “WRAP is an organisation with huge ambition to both grow its impact in the UK and internationally. Our core purpose is to tackle climate change and protect our planet by changing the way things are produced, consumed and disposed of. That challenge has never been greater.”  “We are already in the process of recruiting a new Chair…

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car and The Global FoodBanking Network’s £1 million donation helps support families this summer

Stuart Mitchell

Enterprise Rent-A-Car and The Global FoodBanking Network are helping to unlock good-to-eat food for thousands of families over the summer months, as the cost-of-living crisis continues to push the most vulnerable across the UK into poverty. Following a generous £1 million donation in January, FareShare has been able to increase its capacity to source food. The support from Enterprise Rent-A-Car and The Global FoodBanking Network has already played an increasingly pivotal part in FareShare’s Surplus with Purpose Fund over the summer, covering the cost for farmers to divert good-to-eat food…

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Vattenfall’s Annual and Sustainability Report 2021:A year of increased climate ambitions and important steps towards fossil free living

Stuart Mitchell

In 2021 Vattenfall further increased its emission reduction target for 2030 and beyond, setting some of the most ambitious climate change targets in the energy sector. Emissions intensity will now be reduced by 77 percent from 2017 to 2030, achieving net zero in the full value chain by 2040. Already in 2020, Vattenfall achieved the target of reducing absolute CO2 emissions by nearly 40% from 2017 – ten years ahead of schedule. The new target were set to support limiting global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees. They are…

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Amazon Literary Partnership Announces 2022 Grant Recipients

Stuart Mitchell

The Amazon Literary Partnership announced more than $1 million in grant funding to 74 literary nonprofits across the U.S. A longtime champion of the written word, Amazon Literary Partnership’s funding supports groups that are working to empower diverse, marginalized, and underrepresented voices, helping writers to create, publish, learn, teach, experiment, and thrive in 2022 and beyond. Included in this year’s cohort are 10 first-time grant recipient organizations. For the fourth time, the Amazon Literary Partnership has also awarded grants of $140,000 each to the Academy of American Poets and to…

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