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

Photo credit - Ania Shrimpton @Wild Summit 2025 Peers for the Planet Chair, Baroness Kathy Willis led a session on investing in nature  as part of The Wild Summit 2025  – a major annual conference hosted by LINK aimed at inspiring large-scale investment and action to reverse nature decline. Baroness Willis’s keynote speech looked at the current financial incentives in place to help reach our 30x30 targets through schemes such as biodiversity net gain, carbon off-setting and