23 July 2019: We have now published the summary of responses and government response. At Spring Statement this year, government announced it would mandate net gains for biodiversity in the Environment Bill. The government response sets out how we will work to bring this into force. 25 April 2019: We received 470 responses to this […]
We seem to find it difficult to pay enough attentions to soils, these three articles reflect on the importance of soils to our long term well being. 1. The importance of soil in a changing climate Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency, speech to Devon and Cornwall Soils Alliance, Lakeside, Roadford Reservoir, Devon […]
In our second Rivers Trust review, we are again delighted to report on the fantastic work carried out by the Rivers Trust movement in the previous year. Rivers Trusts delivered an incredible £19.2m of work to improve rivers in 2017, supported by over 11,000 volunteers, despite challenging financial times for charities. Our trusts now have […]
Communicating Climate impacts through adaptation About the Women’s Institute and their Climate Ambassadors The National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI, www.theWI.org.uk) is an educational, social, nonparty political and non-sectarian organisation. Founded in 1915, the NFWI is the largest voluntary women’s membership organisation in the UK with some 220,000 members in over 6,300 Institutes across England, […]
Deep-sea mining ‘precautionary pause’ and closure of one-third of the ocean among eight urgent measures needed in the next decade to preserve life-supporting ocean function Ocean heating 40% faster than even recently predicted – ratchet effects of some changes could be ‘irreversible’ London – 24th July 2019 – A new scientific Paper says eight urgent, […]
Guardian: ‘The scientific consensus that humans are causing global warming is likely to have passed 99%, according to the lead author of the most authoritative study on the subject, and could rise further after separate research that clears up some of the remaining doubts. Three studies published in Nature and Nature Geoscience use extensive historical […]
The Blue Belt Programme supports the delivery of the UK government’s commitment to enhance marine protection for over four million square kilometres of marine environment across the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs). The programme is providing up to £20 million between 2016 and 2020 to: Improve scientific understanding of the marine environment Develop and implement evidence-based, […]
Seafood Innovation Fund will reward cutting-edge innovation. The ex Environment Secretary Michael Gove earlier in July delivered a boost for innovation in the UK fishing and seafood industries with the opening of a new £10 million research and development fund. The move paves the way for the potential use of artificial intelligence by fishermen and […]