Climate & Environment

Paul Polman: We must grasp climate challenge before it becomes too hot to handle

EU must find a pragmatic solution to deadlock over proposed Nature Restoration Law or face accelerating decline of ecosystems

Globally, one million animal and plant species face extinction – including over a quarter of Ireland’s birds

Next week the European Parliament will hold a make-or-break vote on a new Europe-wide law to protect nature and biodiversity. If passed, EU states will set binding targets to restore degraded ecosystems such as wetlands, rivers and forests. Ecosystems that can store carbon and secure the things nature does for free, like cleaning our water and air, pollinating crops and protecting us from floods.

With humanity presiding over accelerating ecological decline, everyone from politicians to ...