The pledge, equivalent to $541 million, would enter the Tropical Forests Forever Facility as a repayable investment. It remains subject to final due diligence and the UK securing an oversight role in a mechanism aiming to mobilise $125 billion.
A parliamentary report identifies sewage sludge used as fertilizer as a major route of soil contamination. It seeks binding targets, source controls, producer responsibility and national monitoring, while distinguishing a growing risk from crop losses not yet quantified nationwide.
More than 100 firefighters battled a blaze across Dunwich Heath and Minsmere reserve, coastal habitats whose vegetation may take decades to recover. About 50 people were evacuated; nearby Sizewell B nuclear station kept operating and was not on alert.