If your business or job is in a sector increasingly hit by the twin biodiversity and climate crises, do you demand deeper, more rapid climate measures or do you demand that environmental measures are weakened or binned? If you’re an EU farmer, the answer, it seems, is the second. Agriculture protests have spread across Europe in recent months from Greece to France to Poland to … [Read more...] about Green backlash: EU, farmers and the Far Right
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What does climate change risk really look like?
Whilst Scotland leads the way in terms of ambition to reduce emissions, it is in leading by example in moving towards a wellbeing-based economy that we could really set the standard for other countries to follow.Everyone has different perceptions of risk, depending on our life experiences and exposures to threats. Having experienced some active sports in my youth I’ve … [Read more...] about What does climate change risk really look like?
Brexit, farmland values and subsidies: who wins?
The value of agricultural land is critical not just for those intending to buy or sell farmland but to all those involved in the agricultural sector and others holding land as an investment asset.It is therefore surprising that, in and amongst all the other discussions on the future of British agricultural policy, very little has been said on how Brexit will impact UK … [Read more...] about Brexit, farmland values and subsidies: who wins?
Eggs Benelux
Fipronil, a compound hitherto unknown outside veterinary circles, is in our food: specifically, eggs and egg-based products.While the degree of health risk this poses is contested (for example, The Food Standards Agency maintains that this is a regulatory issue rather than a threat to public health), one thing generally agreed upon is which nation to blame, namely the … [Read more...] about Eggs Benelux