22 Sep 2020
Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO) is the flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). It is a periodic report that summarizes the latest data on the status and trends of biodiversity and draws conclusions relevant to the further implementation of the Convention. GBO-5 provides global summary of progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and […]
22 Sep 2020
The Environment Agency’s ‘The State of the Environment: health, people and the environment’ shows the green inequality in society. The report – which brings together a wide range of evidence – finds that people living in deprived areas are not only more likely to have poorer health outcomes, they also have poorer quality environments and […]
22 Sep 2020
The government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund has opened for applications. The fund of up to £40 million will create jobs in nature recovery and conservation, according to Defra. Grants from £50k to £5 million are now available to help the nation build back greener from the coronavirus pandemic, the government announced today [14 September]. The […]
22 Sep 2020
Water voles are this week settling into a new home along the Rea Brook in Shropshire. Once a common sight along the country’s waterways, water voles have been in decline in the UK since the 1960s. But, this week, the Environment Agency has released more than 100 of them along the Rea Brook. The project […]
15 Sep 2020
From Defra The chief executives of fifteen water companies met today (8 September) with Environment Minister Rebecca Pow, who challenged them to do more to protect the environment and safeguard our water supplies. Representatives from Ofwat, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Water UK, The Consumer Council for Water (CCWater) and the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) […]
15 Sep 2020
The impact of climate change on asset deterioration Sets out new information and methods to understand the possible impacts of a changing climate on deterioration of flood defence assets. Climate change is a huge challenge for flood risk management. This report sets out new information and methods to understand the possible impacts of a changing […]
15 Sep 2020
Rethinking infrastructure and cities for a Covid-19 world: A UKCRIC prospectus UKCRIC (UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities) sets out its approach to managing the impacts of the pandemic as it relates to infrastructure and cities research. This report sets out UKCRIC’s approach to managing the impacts of the pandemic as it relates […]
15 Sep 2020
The first UK-wide citizens’ assembly on climate change, Climate Assembly UK, has published its final report, setting out a clear, internally consistent and timely path for how the UK can reach its legally binding target of net zero emissions by 2050. Six Select Committees of the House of Commons commissioned the citizens’ assembly to understand […]
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