New funding for 12 high‐impact projects to help tackle the climate crisis
The Wildlife Trusts unveil new nature recovery projects – restoring peatlands, saltmarsh, kelp forests, chalk grassland, wetlands and woods – to store carbon
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What is the climate crisis and how does it impact Hampshire and the Isle of Wight?
Global warming, climate change, climate crisis, climate breakdown, and climate emergency are all terms which describe the greatest challenge facing our world. Sienna Somers explains what it means…
Natural solutions to the climate crisis
Will Parsons, The Wildlife Trusts’ public affairs officer, reveals the role natural habitats play in tackling the climate crisis.
New project to restore seagrass and tackle climate change launches
Today Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust launched an exciting new partnership with Boskalis Westminster Ltd to undertake a seagrass restoration project within the Solent, starting with…
Southampton airport expansion and the climate crisis
Response from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust's CEO on the decision to approve the planning application to extend the runway at Southampton Airport.
Grant scheme offers funding for community chalk stream projects
Keen to take action for our chalk streams, but need help to make your idea a reality? The new Watercress and Winterbournes Community Grant Scheme is offering funding for projects that protect,…
New Climate Committee Report doesn’t go far enough to show the potential for natural solutions to the climate and ecological crisis
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust welcomes the conclusion of the Committee on Climate Change that a radical shift in land use is needed to tackle the climate breakdown. The report fails…
Community projects receive chalk stream funding
Two more inspiring community-led projects have been awarded grants from the Watercress and Winterbournes Landscape Partnership Scheme.
Climate and Nature Emergency
We are facing two inextricably linked crises, the climate emergency and the steady decline of nature. We cannot solve one crisis without tackling the other – nature’s recovery is vital for tackling climate change.
New funding to help control invasive non-native plants in the New Forest
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust are delighted to have secured £45,000 from the Environment Agency to tackle the spread of invasive non-native plants in the New Forest during 2021/22…
How are the climate and nature emergencies linked?
As the world’s governments prepare to head to Glasgow for COP26, the global climate summit, to discuss global action to tackle the crises, we hope to look closer to home and highlight the links…
Climate friendly gardening
There are plenty of ways you can take action against climate change in your own backyard or local greenspace.