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Saving Our Wild Isles: Sir David Attenborough warns ‘this starts and ends with us’ in new UK nature documentary

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s three leading conservation charities – the RSPB, the National Trust and WWF launched a brand new documentary narrated by Sir David Attenborough and produced by Silverback Films last month on Sunday 9 April. Saving Our Wild Isles highlights the people working hard to halt the alarming decline in nature as well as focusing on the wildlife and habitats at risk in the UK – one of the most nature depleted counties in the world. “In this film, we’ll meet inspiring people, young and old, who are working to…

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Leaders Urged To Heed Science and Act Now To Avert Climate Catastrophe

Stuart Mitchell

After a marathon final two days of talks, countries have approved a new climate science report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report brings together current scientific research, with leading scientists and governments agreeing to a summary that lays bare the devastating reality and risks posed by the climate crisis, and the ways in which the world must respond. The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Synthesis Report (AR6) spotlights the rapid emission reductions needed to meet intermediate climate targets – reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 43% by 2030…

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National Trust, WWF and RSPB send urgent SOS for nature as Sir David Attenborough says ‘we must act now’ to Save Our Wild Isles

Stuart Mitchell

In their first major campaign together, the National Trust, the RSPB and WWF are urging everyone in society to come together to halt the destruction of UK nature and take urgent action to Save Our Wild Isles. Millions of people from all walks of life discovered the wonder but also the fragility of UK nature through the first episode of the new Wild Isles series, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, which aired last night. Now, three of the UK’s largest conservation charities, with 324 years of combined experience and 8.5…

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Circular Business Model for Egg Production Proves Promising in US

Stuart Mitchell

In a new case study, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) analyzes how Kipster, a Netherlands-based egg producer, has successfully expanded into the US market while maintaining a focus on carbon neutrality, animal welfare, and using surplus food for animal feed. The company has expanded to demonstrate the possibility of its circular business model for animal protein being both viable and profitable in the US, despite differing regulations, operating norms, and consumer cultures. A circular business model is designed to provide a product that, from source to end-of-life, has a net-zero or…

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Sustainable Feed Critical to Meeting Global Climate Targets

Stuart Mitchell

Implementing sustainable practices within the livestock and poultry feed industry and throughout the value chain is essential to reaching global climate targets and limiting warming to 1.5 degrees, says a new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The report explains how the US animal feed industry and supply chain partners can implement changes that will decrease the environmental impacts of feed production and help lead to a more sustainable and climate-resilient global food system. WWF’s report outlines how these issues can be addressed through four critical components of a sustainable…

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