25 May 2021
From Utility Week Kwarteng gives update on prime minister’s 10-point plan Ed Miliband has branded the Green Homes Grant “the policy that dared not speak its name” after the cancelled housing decarbonisation scheme was ignored in today’s government progress report on the prime minister’s 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution. The shadow business and […]
25 May 2021
A suite of new reports providing further support for natural solutions. First up, a British Ecological Society report, Nature-based solutions for climate change in the UK. The report provides examples of opportunities for nature-based solutions across a range of habitats, as well as discussion of some of the complexities involved in planning for nature-based solutions. […]
25 May 2021
From Utility Week Carbon offsetting has come under criticism as being a bit of a cop out on the journey to net zero but for essential process emissions, a need to offset remains. Peter Simpson talked to Utility Week Live about the benefits of localised offsetting and why Anglian was not taking the easiest option. […]
25 May 2021
The Chalk Stream Restoration Group has been working on a draft Chalk Stream Restoration Strategy, which is now available here for wider consultation. The Rivers Trust would welcome your comments on this draft strategy which they hope to be able to finalise in the summer. To comment on the draft, please complete the survey below. Please […]
25 May 2021
From Water Briefing The Environment Agency (EA) has pledged to default to low-carbon concrete when constructing flood defences and other critical infrastructure projects, provided they meet performance requirements, as it sets out its roadmap to hit net zero as an organisation by 2030. More than half of the EA’s carbon emissions currently come from the […]
25 May 2021
Last week, The Rivers Trust launched Water for Tomorrow, a new €4m cross-border project that will help to improve how local areas mitigate and adapt to the threats of increased future water scarcity and drought in England and France. Water for Tomorrow is an EU Interreg France (Channel) England project which will develop and test innovative water management tools […]
18 May 2021
edie piece conveys disappointment expressed by environmental charities, thought leaders and Green Party ‘Missed opportunity’ headline from the Independent Wildlife Trusts concerned about nature recovery and planning reform From the Guardian – Johnson’s planning laws an ‘utter disaster’, say countryside campaigners Following last week’s item on storm overflows, the Rivers Trust responds. PRESS RELEASE 11 […]
18 May 2021
Analysing a range of scenarios for how the use of public transport, broadband networks and utilities might change as a result of Covid-19 and regularly reviewing which trends seem to be playing out is the best way of avoiding policy paralysis in the face of huge uncertainties, according to the National Infrastructure Commission. Behaviour change […]
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