13 Apr 2022
13 Apr 2022
Stormwater capture and use report identifies and addresses roadblocks
The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Virginia), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Municipal Stormwater Alliance (NMSA; Alexandria, Virginia), and other partners have been working to identify and dismantle barriers hampering stormwater capture and use (SCU) adoption. The team has released a new report, titled Pure Potential: The Case for Stormwater Capture and Use, which aims […]
13 Apr 2022
New initiative to help create 100,000 hectares of healthy wetlands across the UK
The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) has teamed-up with nine other environmental organisations to form the Blue Recovery Leaders Group. The initiative, which includes the Berkeley Group and The Church Commissioners for England aims to “fight climate change, restore our wellbeing and help nature recover”. Each organisation involved has committed to develop initiatives that will help WWT […]
13 Apr 2022
Impact of polystyrene microplastic particles on freshwater organisms
A new study in the journal Chemosphere studies the effects of polystyrene beads on three freshwater species. The study expands the knowledge on the acute, chronic, and subchronic effects of MP polystyrene beads (PS-MP, size 1.0 µm) on three species of the freshwater chain. These species are the green alga Raphidocelis subcapitata, the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus, the cladoceran crustacean Ceriodaphnia […]
07 Apr 2022
IPCC report says emissions need to be halved by 2030
According to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, in 2010-2019 average annual global greenhouse gas emissions were at their highest levels in human history. it says immediate and deep emissions cuts are needed to keep global warming to 1.5°C. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called the latest IPCC report “a litany of […]
07 Apr 2022
UN biodiversity talks close without ambitious agreement
From Reuters Negotiations on an ambitious global biodiversity deal to halt or reverse nature loss closed in Switzerland on Tuesday (29 March), with countries agreeing to little more than further talks in June. The Geneva meeting of around 1,000 negotiators from 164 countries was meant to be the last before the postponed U.N. Convention on […]
07 Apr 2022
More support for nature-based solutions
The government has announced details of how the Sustainable Farming Incentive will support farming to deliver nature-based solutions. Farmers will be paid to provide public goods, such as: improved water quality biodiversity climate change mitigation animal health and welfare In 2022, SFI aims to: encourage actions that improve soil health recognise how moorland provides benefits […]
07 Apr 2022
Ofwat consults on Innovation Fund approach for 2022-25
Main changes to existing approach: 1. A new annual £4 million competition for early-stage ideas direct to innovators. We propose to allocate a portion of funding (about £4 million a year) to a new competition focused on enabling and supporting earlier stage idea development. This new competition will target primarily innovators and not require a […]
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