This week in the House of Lords, Peers for the Planet supporters questioned the Government on its planned policy response to the UK’s first Nature Security Assessment , which examines how biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity. Peers highlighted a number of urgent risks, including the immediate threat to food security from flooding in the UK and Europe, and pressed the Government on how it plans to reconcile the repo

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill  reaches its final stages in the Lords next week – a crucial moment to ensure the planning system works not only for growth, but also for our climate, natural environment, and the health of our communities. Professor Baroness Kathy Willis, Chair of Peers for the Planet  and Professor of Biodiversity at Oxford University, is leading an amendment to ensure that, as we  construct the 1.5 million homes and new towns the government has promise

POLITICS HOME - 16 SEPTEMBER The House Opinion Article - Baroness Willis, Chair of Peers for the Planet Access to green and blue spaces – our parks, community gardens, rivers, ponds, and wetlands – is not a luxury. It is as essential to our health and wellbeing as clean water and fresh air. Yet time and again, the chance to design these spaces into our towns and cities is being squandered. That is why I recently tabled two amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill in