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The link between poverty and access to nature
P4P Chair , Baroness Professor Kathy Willis has written to The Guardian highlighting the stark inequalities across England when it comes to accessing to nature-rich places, and the lost health, wellbeing and economic benefits that they can provide. Her letter responds to new research commissioned by Wildlife and Countryside Link, which shows that England’s poorest communities face the deepest cuts to green space under proposed changes to planning law. Kathy’s own research
Jun 11


P4P hosts climate and security roundtable
Baroness Kathy Willis, Chair of Peers for the Planet, together with Systemiq and the University of Oxford, hosted a roundtable in the House of Lords on UK energy security and economic resilience. The discussion built on the Resilience Agenda, a joint initiative between Systemiq and the University of Oxford that explores how security, climate and competitiveness challenges are strategically interconnected and must be addressed together. More than 40 senior leaders from governm
Jun 3


Peers briefed on CCC adaptation report
Yesterday we were delighted to welcome Emma Pinchbeck and Baroness Brown from the Climate Change Committee to the House of Lords to brief cross-party Peers on their new report – A Well-Adapted UK. The report is the fourth independent assessment of UK climate risk, and it sets out in detail both what the UK is already experiencing now and what it can expect by 2050: intensifying heat, growing flood risk, and drier summers with a rising risk of drought and wildfire. The CCC a
Jun 2
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