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Climate change and the degradation of the world’s natural capital assets are defining issues of our time. The world is getting warmer, sea levels are rising, pollution is costing lives and biodiversity is collapsing. The recent intergovernmental Science and Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES) Global Assessment and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on 1.5 Celsius are both timely reminders of the urgency of action.

The UK’S new target to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 means we are the first major economy in the world to set such a target into law.