Last week, Peers for the Planet met with a delegation from the Abu Dhabi Environment Agency (EAD) as part of the teams pre-COP28 visit to the UK. The EAD is the Middle East’s largest environmental regulator committed to protecting and enhancing air quality, groundwater and the biodiversity of Abu Dhabi’s desert and marine ecosystems. As part of the meeting, Baroness Young, a former CEO of the Environment Agency in England and Her Excellency Dr. Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri, Secr

With only a few weeks to go until COP28, over 50 Peers and MPs have written to the Prime Minister to outline a number of recommendations that will help ensure the UK can make a vitally important contribution towards international progress on reducing emissions and protecting nature. The cross-party group of parliamentarians underline how UK leadership has never been more critical, at this globally important moment for climate change.

Professor Philippe Sands KC, Co-Chair of the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide, briefed Peers in Parliament...