03 Sep 2024

Codling Wind Park, Ireland’s largest Phase 11 offshore renewable energy project, is set to submit its planning application to An Bord Pleanála in September 2024. The application marks a significant milestone for Ireland’s offshore renewable sector and national climate policy. The project, a 50/50 joint venture between Fred. Olsen Seawind and EDF Renewables, will have […]

03 Sep 2024

A new report from McKinsey & Company reveals the urgent need to scale up decarbonisation technologies to meet global climate targets, particularly in Europe and the United States. Despite progress since the Paris Agreement, there remains a “reality gap” between ambitious climate goals and actual implementation of necessary technologies like renewable energy sources (RES), electrification […]

03 Sep 2024

The Scottish Government’s decision to redirect £5 million from its Nature Restoration Fund to settle local government pay disputes has triggered widespread concern, especially within rural and environmental sectors. This fund, designed to combat climate change and biodiversity loss through conservation projects, has been vital for numerous initiatives across Scotland, such as saving rainforests, protecting […]

03 Sep 2024

A new scientific assessment has reported steep declines in the UK’s seabird populations over the last 25 years. Five new species have joined the “red List”, which denotes the highest category of conservation concern and means a risk of local extinction: Leach’s storm-petrels, common gulls, great black-backed gulls, Arctic terns and great skuas. These join the […]

27 Aug 2024

  SEA-CHANGERS MARINE CONSERVATION GRANTS – apply now!   Sea-Changers gives grants to UK-based charities and not-for-profit organisations (including schools) carrying out marine conservation related activities.  We are currently accepting applications to our Main and Small grants funds.     For both funding streams, the projects we fund should achieve one or more of the […]

27 Aug 2024

We’ve come a long way since Bob Earll began organising coastal and marine events back in the nineties. The CMS news and jobs service and the Coastal Futures conference have become focal points for our sector, with subscribers and attendees running into tens of thousands.   In 2022 we became Ocean and Coastal Futures (OCF) with three Directors: […]