Bob Earll Each week in preparing Water News I scan the Defra website. This week this site is awash with individual regional calls for projects under two themes: Call for project’s promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management’ Call for project’s focusing on preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency’ This is […]
Green finance strategy A comprehensive approach to greening financial systems, mobilising finance for clean and resilient growth, and capturing the resulting opportunities for UK firms. This strategy recognises the role of the financial sector in delivering global and domestic climate and environmental objectives. It sets out: the proposals for green finance at the heart of […]
Slow the Flow Calderdale has produced a set of infographics and videos illustrating what can be achieved. Click here for more information
A similar situation has arisen on the in Coul Links Scotland. Guardian ‘The spectacular sand dunes at Donald Trump’s golf course in Aberdeenshire are expected to be stripped of their special conservation status. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), a government conservation agency, has recommended that the dunes lose their designation as a site of special scientific […]
Oceana ‘The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has announced today the collapse of the North Sea cod population, and has recommended reducing its catch limits by 70% for 2020. In order to revert its critical situation, Oceana strongly encourages EU decision-makers to follow this advice, which is the result of an updated scientific […]
Sea level Rise – 4 articles British Antarctic Survey – Sea level rise Science briefing: https://www.bas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Sea-level-rise_May19.pdf Sea level rise: NOAA science report cards covering the American coastline Sea level rise & Adaptation – Cities can learn lessons from Rotterdam on how it is addressing sea-level rise. Seawalls to protect US against rising oceans could cost […]
As the awareness of plastic pollution in the ocean gyres has increased one solution has been gathering momentum – the Ocean Cleanup and boom solution proposed by Boyan Slat. The unease about this technology and its effect on floating marine life has been developing more recently. This blog sets out five reasons why this technology […]
Hand Gathering review D&S IFCA ‘This information gathering exercise that will end on 26th July 2019 is the last of a three-phase approach to collect information and forms part of a larger plan for D&S IFCA to review the management of the many different Hand Working Fishing Activities. Focus has already been applied to the use […]