Stories about Community Regeneration in South Wales – The Applied Ecologist

Field reflections written by Charlotte, Emily, Tara, Diesha and Anouk who are studying on the University of Surrey’s BSc in Environment and Sustainability degree programme. What have you been working on? In April 2025 we went to Gwent in South Wales for a regeneration residential. Our aim was to study how different regions can regenerate […]

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Slovenia Raises €1 Billion with Inaugural Sustainability-Linked Bond

Ljubljana, 27 June 2025 – Slovenia has successfully raised €1 billion through its first-ever sustainability-linked bond, reinforcing its commitment to climate action and sustainable finance. The 10-year bond, which matures on 2 July 2035, carries a coupon rate of 3.125% and directly ties financial terms to the country’s greenhouse gas emissions targets. Issued under Slovenia’s […]

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Eni Sells 20% Stake in Plenitude to Ares for $2.3 Billion in Renewables Push

MILAN, Italy – Italian energy major Eni has sold a 20% stake in Plenitude, its integrated retail and renewables subsidiary, to Ares Management Corporation for approximately €2 billion ($2.3 billion), valuing Plenitude at over €12 billion including debt. The deal supports Eni’s strategy to accelerate its energy transition efforts by forming strategic partnerships and scaling […]

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UK Commits £700 Million to Clean Energy Manufacturing in Landmark Industrial Strategy: Clean energy investment to exceed £30 billion annually by 2035 under new 10-year plan

The UK government has launched a comprehensive 10-year industrial strategy aimed at transforming the nation into a global leader in clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and innovation-driven industries. Central to the plan is a commitment to reduce corporate electricity costs while accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy. Clean Energy at the Core At the heart […]

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AIIB and Keppel Partner to Mobilize $1.5 Billion for Sustainable Infrastructure in Asia-Pacific

BEIJING — The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Keppel Ltd. have announced a strategic partnership to mobilize up to USD 1.5 billion for sustainable infrastructure projects across the Asia-Pacific region by 2030. The agreement was signed during AIIB’s 10th Annual Meeting in Beijing and will be in effect through December 2030. The collaboration aims […]

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Why Knowledge Exchange is the Missing Link for Impact in the Ecology Sector  – The Applied Ecologist

By Valentine Seymour, Sarah Golding, Melissa Marselle.  Meet Melissa, Sarah and Valentine  Melissa Marselle is a Lecturer in Environmental Psychology at the University of Surrey, with expertise in the application of psychological theory and methods to biodiversity conservation questions.  Melissa Marselle (University of Surrey ©) Sarah Golding is a Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the University […]

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Performative CSR and Mental Health: Legal and Ethical Lessons from Muir v. AstraZeneca

*** The escalating crisis of workplace mental health has placed corporate social responsibility (CSR) frameworks under intense scrutiny, raising questions about whether they represent genuine care or performative compliance. This article deconstructs the gap between corporate policy and practice through a detailed legal and ethical analysis of the 2024 UK Employment Tribunal judgment in Muir […]

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Greenbelt Capital Closes Inaugural $1 Billion Fund to Advance Energy Transition

Austin, Texas | June 25, 2025 –Greenbelt Capital Partners, a private equity firm specializing in energy and infrastructure transformation, has announced the final close of its debut fund, Greenbelt Capital Partners III L.P., at $1 billion, reaching its hard cap and surpassing its original $750 million target. The fund attracted commitments from a broad base […]

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Making robust projections of species distributions at fine resolution: Go spatially-nested |

Antoine Guisan, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, discusses his article: Spatially-nested species distribution models (N-SDM): An effective tool to overcome niche truncation for better inference and projections Setting the scene Species distribution models (SDMs) relate species observations to mapped environmental conditions to estimate the ecological niche (i.e., the ensemble of suitable conditions) and predict the spatial distribution […]

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Ireland Commits €1.5 Million to Forestry Promotion Projects for 2025–2026

Killarney, 24 June 2025 — The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced €1.53 million in funding for 48 forestry promotion projects as part of its 2025–2026 Open Call. The initiative, jointly launched by Minister of State Martin Heydon and newly appointed Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae, aims to increase public engagement with […]

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