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Vattenfall launches floating islands

Stuart Mitchell

Vattenfall is launching six floating islands in the Dalälven River downstream of the Älvkarleby hydropower station to favour breeding birds and fish, among other things. The project is part of Vattenfall’s hydropower biodiversity programme. Hydropower plays a significant role in Sweden’s electricity supply and transition to a fossil-free society. However, hydropower has an impact on biodiversity and ecosystem functions in regulated rivers. For this reason, Vattenfall is developing and testing various solutions that can favour biodiversity where the right conditions exist. “In rivers with hydropower dams, water levels can change…

Virgin Media O2 and Hubbub unveil the impact of its £1m Time After Time fund

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Media O2 and environmental charity, Hubbub, have revealed that more than a quarter of a million people have been reached by the pair’s Time After Time fund which helps to tackle electronic waste and give unused tech a second life. The results show how local communities across the UK are addressing this significant environmental challenge in innovative and impactful ways. Following the success so far, the organisations are now planning to share the impact and learnings of the fund which has provided grants totalling £1 million to 18 innovative…

IUCN Commission for Environmental Management launches new guidance on rewilding

Stuart Mitchell

New guidelines on rewilding practice have been launched at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025. Evolving over many years, the guidelines offer a clear, evidence-informed framework for rewilding initiatives around the world. Developed by the Rewilding Thematic Group of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), the guidelines are a collaborative effort involving over 60 organisations. Aimed at practitioners, policymakers and communities, they include foundational principles for implementing rewilding projects and for integrating rewilding into broader conservation strategies.   Acknowledging the hard work of the many Commission experts and stakeholders…

Asian adoption of CCS could see huge emissions rise – report

Stuart Mitchell

Asian countries are considering carbon capture and storage (CCS) to address fossil fuel emissions, which could create a “considerable and unnecessary risk” not only to the Paris Agreement, but also to their own economies, according to a report released recently by global science and policy institute Climate Analytics. If they were to fully embrace this risky technology, this could lead to an extra 25 billion tonnes of emissions by 2050. The analysis assessed the current pipeline and prospective future deployment of CCS in Asia and some of its largest and/or…

The world’s first International Standard dedicated to helping organizations take action on biodiversity launched in Rwanda

Stuart Mitchell

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has launched the world’s first International Standard dedicated to supporting organizations globally to take action on biodiversity, during its Annual Meeting 2025 (AM25) in Kigali, Rwanda.  ISO 17298: Biodiversity for organizations – Guidelines and Requirements is a new standard providing, for the first time, a practical, scalable framework to help organizations assess their biodiversity impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities.   Biodiversity – the variety of life on Earth – is essential to the health of ecosystems, economies, and communities. As nature loss accelerates, ISO’s new…