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Coverage of COP26 Nature and Land-Use Day

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 8 November 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
Nature

As the first week of the climate change summit COP26 came to a close, coverage focused on key announcements from Nature and Land-Use day.

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Coverage of second day of COP26

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 2 November 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
Trees in a forest

Today we are looking at media coverage of the second day of climate change summit COP26.

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Coverage of COP26 as summit begins

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 1 November 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
Image of trees and grass

There has been widespread coverage of the climate change summit COP26 which started yesterday (31 October). Following an interview with environmental editor Emma Gatten, a piece in The Daily Telegraph includes comments from the Environment Secretary regarding a range of …

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Blue Planet Fund delivers first multimillion boost for global ocean recovery

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 13 August 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
Underwater image of coral reef.

The government has announced the first set of programmes to receive funding from the £500m Blue Planet Fund.

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Government marks World Ocean Day with marine commitments

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 8 June 2021 - Categories: marine
Two dolphins in the blue ocean

In today's blog we look at the government's marine commitments as the UK advances its role as a global leader in marine protection.

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New projects across England to fund innovative ways to protect against flooding

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 29 March 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
An image of a lake

Today we look at media coverage of our £150 million Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme.

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300,000 homes now better protected from flooding in England

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 24 March 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
A flood warning sign, on a closed country road next to water logged fields in the Avon Valley, Hampshire, England. Flooded after an extreme amount of rainfall at the start of 2014

Today we look at media coverage of the Environment Agency’s announcement that it has reached its target of better protecting 300,000 homes from flooding and coastal erosion since 2015.

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New £10 million fund to boost investment in nature projects

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 10 February 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
Rural pond in England on a sunny day

In today's blog we look at the launch of the new £10 million Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund.

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Defra group reaction to the Dasgupta Review

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 2 February 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories

In today’s blog we look at the media coverage and Defra group reaction to the Dasgupta Review.

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