30 Mar 2021
Utility Week – Countdown to COP26 We are now just nine months away from the COP26 conference in Glasgow and the pressure is on to ensure the UK can show the world it is serious about climate change. Utilities have already laid the foundations on which to build a green future and where many other […]
30 Mar 2021
Two: sessions with video recordings Witness(es): Professor Nigel Watson, Professor of Geography and Environmental Management at the Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University; Professor Steve Ormerod, Professor of Ecology/Co-Director Water Research Institute, Cardiff University; Dr Michelle Jackson, Associate Professor of freshwater/marine ecology, Somerville College, Oxford University Witness(es): Guy Linley-Adams, Solicitor, Salmon and Trout Conservation; Amy Slack, […]
24 Mar 2021
Monday was World Water Day, the theme of which was valuing water. The UN Secretary-General’s Message On World Water Day This year’s World Water Day, with the theme “Valuing water”, asks: What does water mean to me? The value of water is profound and complex. There is no aspect of sustainable development that does not […]
24 Mar 2021
A speech by Sir James Bevan argues that reaching net zero “not enough” to save our planet, and that net zero and adaptation should be be seen as “two sides of the same coin”. The speech concludes: “The most exciting opportunity of all is the opportunity to create a better world: to build back better […]
24 Mar 2021
Developing a new Natural Flood Management manual, which will provide design and management guidance to help practitioners with natural flood management. This project will collect evidence, case studies and lessons learnt from the delivery of NFM projects to develop a new design and management guide. This guide’s main focus is to provide guidance for practitioners […]
24 Mar 2021
A recent report from the influential Public Accounts Committee argues the “next housing and building regulations scandal brewing” in flood protection failures. Flooding puts people’s homes, well-being and livelihoods at risk, and can impact food supply and destroy natural habitats. More extreme weather as a result of climate change and increased housing development will continue […]
24 Mar 2021
from Water Briefing Ofwat has opened a new consultation on proposals to require the water companies to publish more data as a means of supporting further market development for bioresources trading. Since 2018, the eleven water and sewerage companies in England and Wales are obliged to publish bioresources market information at least annually by the […]
17 Mar 2021
From Water Briefing Greener UK – a coalition of the country’s leading green groups – has concluded that environmental protections in areas such as nature restoration and chemicals are either no stronger or weaker than they were pre-Brexit. Since 2017 Greener UK has tracked the strength of environmental standards as the UK takes back control […]
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