European Marine Board Leading European ocean experts have launched a publication, titled Marine Science for a Sustainable Future, which will provide governments with robust, independent scientific advice on future seas and ocean research to 2030 and beyond. The launch took place during EurOCEAN2019, the European Marine Board conference in Paris (June 11). The experts from […]
Can you detox your plastic life and smash the Plastic Challenge? MCS, Clare Fischer MCS launches its annual Plastic Challenge on July 1st. 9,000 people took up the challenge in 2018 – to try and live as single-use plastic free as possible for some or all of the month. Now in its sixth year, the […]
Wiser Decision Making Environmental managers and researchers place a high value and trust in scientific and economic evidence as being crucial to wise decision-making. But investment in gathering evidence for use in decision-making is not matched by investment in the decision-making process itself. Many people think good decisions results from this: gather the best available […]
Can we meaningfully apply the Natural Capital approach in the marine environment? The answer? We can but need new approaches – compared to terrestrial, marine is more dynamic, more interconnected, has greater species movement, plus the depth dimension and data paucity. Key points: Natural capital methods have not been fully tested in the marine context. […]
Not drowning but waving: making the climate emergency a global opportunity Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive, Environment Agency Flood and Coast Conference, Telford International Centre, 18 June 2019 Introduction I’m here, of course, to give a speech on climate change and flood risk. But first I want us to turn our thoughts to […]
This series of Tweets and links from John Curtin and later Defra highlights the challenges of this weather system that got stuck over the UK. Like 2007 flooding this event this prolonged period of rain will go down as yet another event which shook up our perceptions of flood risk and how we respond. The […]
City to Sea – What is National Refill Day? On Wednesday 19th June 2019 we’ll be asking the nation if they’ve #GotTheBottle to prevent plastic pollution. Brought to you by City to Sea as part of the award-winning Refill Campaign, National Refill Day is an awareness campaign to get the UK public to stop bottling it when it comes to our […]
Proposed designation changes to the main river map, notices from the Environment Agency, how to comment or appeal, and final decision notices. Environment Agency 7th June 2019 see all updates Contents Factual changes (notices to be live for 30 days) Decision notices (notices to be live for 6 weeks) Statutory guidance to the Environment Agency […]