14 Jul 2020
Last week, the Chancellor has announced £3bn green investment package, part of the Treasury’s post-Covid ‘Plan for Jobs’. According to Rishi Sunak, the package will be used to decarbonise public buildings and cut emissions from Britain’s poorly insulated homes as part of the government’s Covid-19 economic recovery plan. There is £3bn for green investment, to […]
14 Jul 2020
Business as usual won’t tackle the challenges we face, warns Environment Agency The Environment Agency has launched its 5-year plan for reaching a greener, healthier future. Returning to business as usual after the Coronavirus pandemic won’t be enough to address the challenges of the future, warns Sir James Bevan, chief executive of the Environment Agency. […]
14 Jul 2020
14 Jul 2020
As part of an Environment Agency project on property flood resilience information (PFR), CIWEM has put together a survey to help understand how information provision and training on PFR can be improved, which can be found at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PFRtrain. The 5-minute survey is initially open until Friday 17th July, but may be extended. CIWEM is very […]
07 Jul 2020
Exclusive in the Guardian “Water firms discharged raw sewage into England’s rivers 200,000 times in 2019” Newspaper highlights how untreated effluent flowed into waterways for more than 1.5m hours, whilst England’s privatised water firms have paid £57bn in dividends since 1991. Water companies in England discharged raw sewage into rivers on more than 200,000 occasions […]
07 Jul 2020
From Waterwise newsletter During the driest May since records began, demand for water was the highest that it’s ever been. Water UK reported an average overall increase in water use of 20%, with some areas hitting 40% above normal for the time of year – representing an increase of more than 2.2 billion litres per […]
07 Jul 2020
Achieving the net-zero target by 2050 will require an unprecedented transformation of our infrastructure. The vital infrastructure systems on which the UK is built – such as energy, transport and utilities – currently contribute the majority of the UK’s emissions. Read the ICE summary and access the report here. While the 2050 target may seem […]
07 Jul 2020
Inspiring webinar with Prof Nicola Beaumont from Plymouth Marine Laboratory on interdisciplinary working. In the full report Demystifying Interdisciplinary Working (in Valuing Nature), Prof Beaumont has brought together experiences, suggestions, and top tips from her own expertise in this area, the CoastWEB project, as well as from a wide range of contributors and collaborators. Abstract […]
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