19 Dec 2019
Ofwat ‘Ofwat gives green light to massive investment programme to transform water sector Ofwat has finalised its price review for 2020-25 by confirming a major investment programme to improve services for customers and the environment. Ofwat has revealed a spending package of £51bn for the next five years. A quarter of this, around £13bn, will […]
19 Dec 2019
Using the Enforcement Undertaking route, see the Severn example below, Water Companies in particular are providing funds for a wide variety of restoration projects carried out by NGOs as a result of their pollution. Enforcement undertakings: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agencys-use-of-civil-sanctions/enforcement-undertakings-accepted-by-the-environment-agency–2 Severn Trent Water has paid more than £220,000 to a charity after sewage pollution caused the death of […]
11 Dec 2019
New CIRIA guidance ‘Delivering better water management through the planning system (C787)’ showcases good planning policies and critical success factors necessary to deliver better environmental, social and economic outcomes, guiding practitioners through the processes that underpin their delivery. Download the free guidance outputs from here. FREE DOWNLOAD: Add to cart and check out to receive […]
11 Dec 2019
Anglian Water funds 850 capital investment projects through Green Bonds Since it announced its first Green Bond in 2017, Anglian Water has funded a remarkable 850 capital investment projects through financing from Green Bonds totalling £811 million. The water company is leading the way in green financing with five Green Bonds now in operation and a […]
11 Dec 2019
Defra: ‘ENV09 – England biodiversity indicators A strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services, biodiversity 2020 indicators: 2019 assessment. In December 2019, this dataset was updated in order to correct an error in indicator 13 and to reflect the availability of new data for indicators 2b, 4c and 19. The revised dataset supersedes the earlier […]
11 Dec 2019
This Policy Position Statement (PPS) explains the importance of soils and the threats which they face. It recommends actions to address these threats. Concerted action is needed to protect soils. Their needs should be reflected in the policies and actions of all relevant stakeholders, both private and public. CIWEM supports the implementation of the 25 […]
11 Dec 2019
Accelerating Greenland ice melt set to see 100 million people flooded each year A team of international scientists is warning that Greenland is losing ice faster than in the 1990s – the rate of ice loss has risen from 33 billion tonnes per year in the 1990s to 254 billion tonnes per year in the last […]
11 Dec 2019
The Moray Firth Salmon Tracking Project Update ‘It is with great excitement we announce an important update for the Moray Firth Tracking Project. We are delighted to share the initial findings with you in this short video. We appreciate that you are eager to hear more news, but the last receiver was only retrieved in […]
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