Day: 26 July 2025

Farmer confidence battered by climate change – new research

Stuart Mitchell

New research into farmer’s attitudes to climate change and extreme weather reveals the extent to which farmers have been affected by recent extreme weather events, many made worse by climate change. In the past five years, 86% of farmers have been hit by extreme rainfall, 78% by drought and over a half by the impacts of heatwaves. Only 2% have not experienced extreme weather in some form. The research follows several recent attribution studies that draw a clear causal link between the increasingly extreme weather affecting farmers and climate change. The…

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UKGBC launches the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s most vulnerable places to overheating, flooding, and other climate risks are revealed in our major new report, the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap, which was launched on June 26th, 2025. It warns that climate change means some school can expect ‘heatwave’ like temperatures for 10 weeks a year, while flooding could make Peterborough uninhabitable this century. The UK Climate Resilience Roadmap details, for the first time, how the UK’s built environment, including homes, schools, offices, hospitals parks and infrastructure, are increasingly vulnerable to five climate hazards – overheating, flooding,…

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New Whitepaper Calculates First Proven Path for Marketing Agencies to Ditch Fossil Fuels

Stuart Mitchell

Campaign group Clean Creatives has released the first-ever analysis of the estimated global marketing spend of oil and gas majors, their total impact on the marketing industry, and the financial pathways for a speedy, managed exit of fossil fuel client relationships. The whitepaper ‘Profitable Growth Without Fossil Fuels: Strategic Opportunities for a Fossil Fuel Free Future for the Marketing Industry’ represents the first numbers-backed case for the advertising, creative and PR industry to exit fossil fuel client relationships, and identifies the opportunities waiting in emerging high-growth industries such as healthcare,…

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El Masnou, becomes the 2nd city in Spain to support calls for an international Plant Based Treaty and prioritise plant-based food

Stuart Mitchell

El Masnou has become the 42nd city worldwide, and the second in Spain to endorse the call for a global Plant Based Treaty. They join cities including Parla, Amsterdam, Los Angeles and Edinburgh in recognizing the need to promote plant-based food to improve public health, address the climate emergency and reduce animal suffering.  The motion introduced on Thursday June 19th by Fem Masnou’s Councillor Sergi Amat Giró, passed with a strong majority of 17 votes in favor, two against.  The motion states: “We are living in a climate emergency that…

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Weston Charity Awards Reveal Inspirational Winners for 2025

Stuart Mitchell

A group of 21 ambitious frontline charities working in the fields of community, environment, welfare and youth support have been named winners of the 2025 Weston Charity Awards. The Awards recognise and enhance the vital work of small charities across the UK, amplifying their impact and boosting long-term resilience in the face of increasing third-sector challenges. This year’s winning charities, located in the Midlands, Wales, and the North of England, were selected from 160 applicants. Each will receive a regenerative support package valued at over £22,000. This includes free access…

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