Saoirse McHugh: Rewilding is one of the best solutions we have in fight against climate collapse

Putting nature back in control is one of the most cost-effective ways to tackle emissions, flooding, and drought while restoring species, writes environmentalist Saoirse McHugh

Peatland, woodland, marine areas, grassland, and wetlands all store and draw down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere when working correctly. These are complex ecosystems which need various plants, animals, and insects in different combinations in order to function in a self-regulating and stable manner

THE Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) last Monday released its physical science basis report from the committee’s sixth assessment.

It presented a clear picture of the horrors already being experienced and chilling projections as to how our situation will deteriorate. The size and interconnectedness of environmental collapse makes it hard to imagine how we could possibly do enough to put right such an enormous wrong.