13 Aug 2020
New site link https://www.ukclimaterisk.org/ What is the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment Evidence Report? The UK Government is required, under the 2008 Climate Change Act, to publish a climate change risk assessment (CCRA) every five years which is published on the Government website. The assessment sets out the risks and opportunities facing the UK from climate change. The Committee […]
06 Aug 2020
In praise of red tape: getting regulation right Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, gives a speech at the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry on environmental regulation. This is a Must Read detailed speech by Sir James Bevan, CEO of the Environment Agency – on the Post-Brexit regulatory regime Click here […]
06 Aug 2020
Increasing influence of climate change on UK climate Author: Grahame Madge The sixth report in the State of the UK Climate series confirms that 2019 was the 12th warmest year in a series from 1884. The latest report covering the climate of the UK – published today [Friday 31 July ]- reveals that the most recent […]
06 Aug 2020
‘Angling Trust calls for well-resourced enforcement and monitoring in response to Defra’s consultation on the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) 05 August 2020 For over forty years, the EU Commons Agricultural Policy (CAP) has directed how land is farmed and managed in the UK. The departure from the EU and CAP gives us the opportunity […]
06 Aug 2020
CCC Flood Review Report – Sayers https://www.ukclimaterisk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Future-Flooding-Main-Report-Sayers-1.pdf Third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3) Future flood risk Main Report Sayers, P.B, Horritt, M.S, Carr, S, Kay, A, Mauz, J, Lamb, R and Penning-Rowsell, E Summary ‘Background Under the Climate Change Act 2008 the UK Government is required to publish a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) […]
06 Aug 2020
The Time is Now: To deal with the climate crisis we must bring back nature back on an ambitious scale The world is starting to take note of the threat of climate catastrophe. In response, the UK government has joined many governments around the world in setting a net zero emissions target in law. Yet […]
30 Jul 2020
NCC ‘The Natural Capital Committee (NCC) is warning that there is little evidence of progress and worrying evidence of declines in its latest assessment of how the government is performing against its own ten 25 Year Environment Plan (YEP) goals. The warning comes in the NCC’s new assessment of the government’s second Progress Report for […]
30 Jul 2020
Flood and coastal risk projects, schemes and strategies: climate change allowances When and how risk management authorities should use climate change allowances for flood and coastal risk projects, schemes and strategies. What climate change allowances are Climate change allowances are predictions of the anticipated change for: peak river flow peak rainfall intensity sea level rise […]
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