This newsletter – sign up here provides an important oversight to global changes on climate change. Five of the articles carried in the latest edition include: 2018 was the 4th hottest year on record for the globe Ice shelves buckle under the weight of meltwater lakes 2018’s billion-dollar disasters in context Warm temperatures and significant […]
Euan Paterson SAMS The Minke whale is one of the largest marine species regularly visiting the Scottish coast but its secretive and unpredictable lifestyle mean much of its behaviour remains a mystery. Now marine mammal researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) and Marine Scotland Science (MSS) have recorded the sounds of Minke whales off Scotland’s […]
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency speech to the Climate Action Society Published 20 February 2019 Climate Action Society, University College London, Wednesday 20 February 2019 Good evening. “I want you to panic.” This simple message came from 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg. It caught the world’s attention. It ignited Friday’s schools climate […]
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is warning that the UK homes are unfit for the challenges of climate change, including flooding and water scarcity and says the UK’s legally-binding climate change targets will not be met without the near-complete elimination of greenhouse gas emissions from UK buildings. In a new report ‘UK housing: Fit […]
From Nathan Richardson, Waterwise: Hot on the heels of the current Defra consultation on Improving Management of Water in the Environment Defra are preparing to consult and seek evidence on a range of water efficiency policy options including: potentially setting a target for personal water consumption introducing a water labelling scheme tightening water efficiency standards in building […]
Defra ‘Conservation covenants will unleash a new wave of legal safeguards for England’s wildlife and natural environment, subject to a consultation launched by Environment Secretary Michael Gove today (22 February). The government is seeking views on how best to introduce conservation covenants, fulfilling a commitment made in the 25 Year Environment Plan. They are voluntary but legally-binding […]
Communication: Carbon Farming – To celebrate World Wetlands Day Natural England have made a great science mockumentary of a future where peatbogs are managed as “carbon farms”. You need different ways to communicate to different audiences See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAPGQ1wEJ08&feature=youtu.be How understanding values creates better conversations on climate change Although this blog focusses on SMEs essentially the same problem applies as […]
News from the Environment Agency about a project to better protect eels, a critically endangered species, by learning more about their migration routes. Prehistoric eels travel around 6000 kilometres from Europe across the Atlantic Ocean but exactly where they spawn remains completely unknown. In December, three eels were fitted with satellite tags and released into […]