02 Feb 2021
The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review was published today. It is available to download here. The Review calls for changes in how we think, act and measure economic success to protect and enhance our prosperity and the natural world. Grounded in a deep understanding of ecosystem processes and how they are affected by economic […]
02 Feb 2021
The 16th edition of the Global Risks Report shows that environmental risks such as biodiversity loss, climate change and extreme weather are the leading threats to businesses on a 5-10 year timeline. Four out of the top five top risks by likelihood are environmental. The fifth – infectious disease – is intimately linked with environmental […]
02 Feb 2021
Mark Avery – An active campaigner for the protection of peat has written an extensive blog on the Defra announcement. The announcement is good news – it regulates the environmental harm caused by burning of vegetation on peat soils, mostly upland peat soils. What is the harm? The harm is manifold: blanket bog is a […]
26 Jan 2021
President Biden has signed an order that means the US will return to the global fight against climate change. He is also committed to 100% clean electricity by 2035. The new administration will also protect “biodiversity, slowing extinction rates and helping leverage natural climate solutions by conserving 30% of America’s lands and waters by 2030”. […]
26 Jan 2021
With river levels remaining high in the wake of Storm Christoph and subsequent snowfall, it has emerged that swathes of England’s vital flood defences are ‘almost useless’. An investigation by Unearthed found that thousands of England’s vital flood defences were in such a state of ruin last year they would fail to protect communities from extreme […]
26 Jan 2021
The Environment Agency has published a summary of responses to the recent Challenges and Choices consultation, into the “challenges our waters face and the choices we all need to make to help tackle those challenges”. The Agency received a total of 606 responses from a range of groups and individuals, including: the water industry local […]
26 Jan 2021
From Defra A joint industry-government group established last year to tackle river pollution has today (22 January) agreed a new objective to prevent damage from storm overflows. The Storm Overflows Taskforce – made up of Defra, the Environment Agency, Ofwat, Consumer Council for Water, Blueprint for Water and Water UK – has agreed to set […]
26 Jan 2021
From HR Wallingford Ahead of an upcoming ministerial direction in relation to reservoir safety, HR Wallingford is advising Bristol Water on updating its reservoir emergency flood (on-site) plans. The imminent amendment to the implementation of the Reservoir Act 1975 will make it a legal obligation for reservoir owners to have a written detailed plan for […]
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