... a growing selection of key reports ...
BIODIVERSITY
Living Planet Report 2022 - Building a Nature-Positive Society by the WWF and ZSL
This latest update confirms the planet is in the midst of a biodiversity and climate crisis, and that we have a last chance to act. A nature-positive future needs game changing shifts in how we produce, how we consume, how we govern, and what we finance. "This report is designed as a springboard for action, to provide food for thought and to act as a catalyst for transformational change. We hope it inspires you to be part of that change."
THE ENVIRONMENT
Turning off the Tap: How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy - report by The UN Environment Programme, May 2023.
Report on Climate Change - IPCC 2023 - new report released in May 2023 by theIPCC (the scientific body that advises the UN on rising temperatures). It contains an important summary of six key pieces of research completed over the past five years. The scientists say technology is providing solutions but the climate forecast is worsening. Headline statements.
Turning off the (plastic) Tap: How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy - UNEP 2023 report proposing a systems change to address the causes of plastic pollution, starting by reducing problematic and unnecessary plastic use, redesigning the system, products and their packaging and combining these with a market transformation towards circularity in plastics.
NATURE
* The State of Nature Reports 2023 *
"The Most comprehensive report on the UK’s current biodiversity. State of Nature uses the latest and best data from biological monitoring and recording schemes, collated by the incredible work of thousands of skilled people, most of whom are volunteers, to provide a benchmark for the status of our wildlife."
England: summary (pdf) & web page
UK: full report (pdf) & infographic (pdf)
WATERWAYS
Chemical Pollution: The Silent Killer of UK Rivers - 2022 report by WildFish, RSPB, Buglife and The Pesticide Collaboration. Results showed a decline in the diversity of riverflies, aquatic invertebrates that are essential to a healthy ecosystem. During drought conditions, low water levels will reduce the dilution of chemicals and exacerbate the impact of chemical pollution on rivers ecosystems even further.
SmartRivers Progress Update 2023 Report
WILDLIFE
The State of UK's Butterflies 2022 Report
Get Your Community Spaces Buzzing - Handy 4 page guide (pdf) from the Bumble Bee Conservation Trust, including 'top pick plants' for bees.