Two district councils believe they can masterplan protecting nature and retaining their reputation as popular weekend and vacation destinations. Cotswolds Tourism has used funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, delivered via Cotswold District Council and West Oxfordshire District Council, in a bid to support local businesses while protecting the region’s Area of Outstanding…
As climate change makes farming more vulnerable and soils erode at an alarming rate, we need to embrace agritech to grow more food here in the UK and reduce our reliance on imports. So why aren’t local and national governments doing more to nurture the sector? In 2024 torrential floods ruined England’s harvest. In 2025,…
As temperatures across Britain rise amid a fourth official summer heatwave, data can play a huge part in helping authorities mitigate impact on the most vulnerable. Using mapping from the 2022 UK heatwave — the first time in the country’s history thermometers surpassed the 40C mark, leading to 4,500 excess deaths — experts have been…
An Investor-State Dispute Settlement process has started following High Court ruling that a proposed mining project would threaten emissions targets, with the UK’s former Attorney General acting on behalf of claimants. Struck down by a British court last September, plans for a new coal mine at Whitehaven, Cumbria, were considered a huge climate misstep by…
Britain’s challenger party has announced £100m in savings across its authorities in just 100 days. But do the numbers add up? Schemes which have been chopped include an electric vehicle upgrade project and heat pump installation in Durham, where solar investment has also been reduced, supposedly saving £25million. The authority’s Deputy Leader, former-GB News…
The mobility service will deploy artificial intelligence company Baidu’s Apollo Go RT6 vehicles from next year, if regulators approve. Germany will also be used as a testbed for the European offering, which marks a signifiant step in the ongoing expansion of Baidu, which aims to scale its fleet up to thousands across the continent in…
New data emphasises threat to ‘urban boundary’ properties, as Scotland issued nation-wide blaze warning for the 10th time this summer. Ordnance Survey are assisting British emergency services in preparing for the outbreak of wildfires across the country. In particular, geospatial technology has being used to identify areas with particularly vulnerable homes, often found on…
As Londoners face air quality warnings amid the UK’s fourth summer heatwave, we get to grips with the dangers posed by a lethal form of pollution driving excess human deaths and global warming. The Clean Air Fund partners with organisations that promote air quality data and action across the world, influencing and supporting policymakers. Tom…
The organisation’s £20million initiative to help wildlife recover has been hailed a success. Natural England’s Species Recovery Programme [SRP] was designed to stem the tide of decline in fauna across the UK. As of 2023, the organisation introduced a Capital Grant Scheme to try and increase support for a range of projects, offering up to…
