The Guardian • 2026-03-19

UK to cut climate aid to developing countries by 14% to £2bn a year in ‘refocus’

Move will put national security and lives overseas at risk, critics say, as overall UK aid budget is slashed to 0.3% of gross national income

The Guardian • 2026-03-18

England must destine 7% of land to nature and renewables to hit green targets, data shows

Government’s first published land use framework maps how land is used and how it can be adapted to meet changing needs

The Guardian • 2026-03-18

Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry

Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets

Los Angeles Times • 2026-03-17

California pledges to open 7% of its land and waters to Indigenous tribes — a step toward healing a 175-year-old broken promise

The new plan aims to bring at least 7.5 million acres of land and coastal waters under the care of Indigenous tribes — representing the acreage the U.S. promised and failed to hold for tribal reservations.

The Guardian • 2026-03-15

Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life

The Quapaw Nation is the only US Native community to carry out a cleanup of one of the country’s worst sites of environmental contamination