
Protecting trees and woods
Our work with The Climate Coalition
We're part of The Climate Coalition, a group of organisations dedicated to limiting the impact of climate change on the people, places and life we love.
Assistant campaigner
As a global community we have faced unprecedented challenges since the outbreak of coronavirus. All manner of work and activity across society was rightly put on hold as addressing the pandemic became top priority. But the climate and nature crises have not gone away.
As governments turn their attention to rebuilding our economy and society, we must make sure we build a future that’s fair, green and healthy for all. Our only option is a green recovery.
Lockdown has emphasised the need for this. Many people found a new appreciation for nature, but we don’t all have the same access. The 2020 Green Space Index found 2.7 million people in the UK don’t have green space within a ten-minute walk of home. As part of the recovery, governments must give greater priority to defending and enhancing green spaces – especially woods.
A ‘green recovery’ is a phrase none of us had heard just three months ago. But it’s quickly becoming a popular term, especially among environmental organisations. It advocates joining up tackling the nature and climate crises with recovery from the pandemic.
We’ve yet to see ‘green recovery’ defined properly, but we believe:
A ‘green recovery’ is not one thing, one policy or one piece of legislation. It is much more than that and should be the foundation for many decisions and policies. Every step we take to recovery, at a global, national and local level, must also help put us on course for net-zero emissions.
It includes, but is not limited to the following:
We’re a proud partner of The Climate Coalition, and together we’re asking MPs to put people, climate and nature at the heart of our nation’s recovery.
You can sign up to lobby your MP until October 2020, and sign the Climate Coalition’s declaration pressing for Government to lead the UK towards a healthier, greener, fairer future.
Protecting trees and woods
We're part of The Climate Coalition, a group of organisations dedicated to limiting the impact of climate change on the people, places and life we love.
Trees woods and wildlife
Trees are the best natural climate change solution. Find out how they lock up carbon and how many the UK needs to reach carbon net zero by 2050.
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