Davy Falkner

Ecologists, engineers and architects write to PM of ‘deep concern’ over anti-nature rhetoric <b>EXCLUSIVE:</b> Professional bodies from the environmental and construction sectors have written to the prime minister to raise “deep concern” about the government’s “prevailing narrative” that natu...

🚨NEW: Ecologists, engineers and architects have written to the PM raising “deep concern” about the government’s “prevailing narrative” that nature is a blocker to growth “without the evidence” to demonstrate this 👇
www.endsreport.com/article/1906...

A choice between nature and housing is a false dichotomy.

We’ve signed a letter organised by @cieem.bsky.social stating how the government can achieve both by working closely with ecologists 🌍

Rachel Reeves has claimed that 'The balance has gone too far in the direction of always protecting every bat and every newt.'

The monitoring data on the state of bats and amphibians in the UK says otherwise
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A roller coaster day following the #CANBill second reading in parliament. In the end the vote was postponed to July.

A disappointing outcome given the urgency of the climate and biodiversity crises but some rays of hope from the cross-party support and grown up debate.

@zero-hour.bsky.social

The new IPBES report says what the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social and many others have been saying for a long time, that the crises we face (biodiversity, climate, water, health, food) are all interlinked and cannot be tackled in siloes. Crucially it also spells out these complex links + ways forward 🌍

Hazel Norman, BES CEO sits in a radio studio with the presented, Kevin Duala.

Did you catch our CEO Hazel Norman on BBC Radio Merseyside this morning?

Catch up with today's breakfast show to hear Hazel talk about #BES2024 and some of the exciting research on show!

📻 (1:23:00) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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BBC Radio Merseyside - Kevin Duala, 10/12/2024 Waking up Merseyside with music, laughter, and the day's essential information.

If you’re up, Hazel is speaking to breakfast show presenter Kevin Duala at 7:20

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Up bright and early to listen to @britishecolsoc.bsky.social CEO Hazel Norman talk to about #BES2024 on BBC Radio Merseyside

COP29: Act now with Green New Deals and nature-based solutions - British Ecological Society There’s no doubt that time is running out to tackle the climate crisis, and other associated environmental issues like the biodiversity crisis. However, while we are seeing devastating effects of clim...

But not all doom and gloom, we've put together an accompanying piece on what solutions do work.

Chiefly: Green New Deals to end fossil fuels & speed up renewables, combined with effective, evidenced NbS. Some, like peatland restoration, are easy wins
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/cop29-act-no...

Not all climate change solutions are equal.
Great piece from @rickstafford.bsky.social on what climate solution pitfalls we should look out for as #COP29 negotiations head into the endgame.

Including an overreliance on carbon capture tech, outsourcing emissions and badly implemented NbS.
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Thanks Timothée, hi @danirabaiotti.bsky.social, please can I be added? Cheers!

Davy Falkner - British Ecological Society I manage press and media activity for the Society’s journals, events, policy and public engagement work. I work closely with ecologists and institutional press offices to promote their science to a wi...

Hi Timothée, I'm the comms manager at @britishecolsoc.bsky.social and run that account, just created this one for myself. Please can I be added to the Science feed? Thanks!
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/about/people...

A real joy to edit this wonderfully written piece by @ymalhi.bsky.social on what exactly goes on at COPs and why they have value beyond the less than inspiring headline outcomes