03 Nov 2021
Drought risk in the Anthropocene: from the Jaws of Death to the Waters of Life Sir James Bevan – Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, at a Royal Society Conference, 19 October 2021. ‘Thank you. Let me start with a disclaimer: I’m heavily outgunned by the expertise here today. Some of what I’m about to […]
03 Nov 2021
The World Meteorological Society’s State of the Global Climate report was released this week. Among many extremes from wildfires to floods, it outlined that Sea Level Rise hit news heights in 2021. Grim reading … a few key messages Atmospheric concentrations of the major greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, continued to increase in 2020 […]
03 Nov 2021
COP26 Forests & Land-use agreement https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cop26-world-leaders-summit-on-action-on-forests-and-land-use-2-november-2021/world-leaders-summit-on-action-on-forests-and-land-use COP26 Methane agreement Methane Agreement At COP26, more than 100 countries commit to reducing methane emissions US and EU leaders launch pledge at COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. COP26 Finance Day – Mark Carney & Rishi Sunak (Business Green) Rishi Sunak touts mandatory plans to help make UK […]
03 Nov 2021
Since the sheer mind boggling scale of the 400,000 events a year was revealed. At the height of the row over how Conservative MPs voted against a duty for water companies to control sewage pollution, especially from CSOs, the weekend before the now notorious Government U turn. MPs were actively telling their constituents on social […]
03 Nov 2021
Defra: Natural Flood Management Programme: initial findings This report explains the benefits of the Natural Flood Management Programme and celebrates its successes. Natural flood management uses nature-based solutions to manage the risk of flooding and coastal erosion. The Natural Flood Management Programme had 60 pilot projects across England. It received £15 million of funding from […]
03 Nov 2021
Costs – the 5th pillar of SuDS – Great blog shows how easily costs of SuDS are over-estimated. The new 5 pillars. SuDS should be: much cheaper than conventional drainage, whilst (costs) attenuating storm-water (quantity) filtering at source (quality) providing beautiful spaces to relax (amenity) and supporting a wide range of local wildlife (biodiversity) The […]
28 Oct 2021
UNEP ‘Climate change: UN emissions gap report a ‘thundering wake-up call’ National plans to cut carbon fall far short of what’s needed to avert dangerous climate change, according to the UN Environment Programme. Their Emissions Gap report says country pledges will fail to keep the global temperature under 1.5C this century. The Unep analysis suggests the world […]
28 Oct 2021
From the outset of the Cameron Conservative Government their mantra has been ‘As Conservatives, we are committed to leaving the environment in better condition than we inherited it’. If anyone was looking for evidence of how that hasn’t happened they need look no further that sewage pollution of rivers and the coast and the shambolic U turn of the last […]
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