26 Nov 2020
Independent environment watchdog – George Eustice letter to Parliamentary committees re interim arrangements
Defra: 19th November: Environment Secretary George Eustice has set out the next steps in establishing a new world-leading independent environmental watchdog. Writing to the chairs of the parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) and the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA), he explained how the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) will be established and operational as soon as possible […]
26 Nov 2020
The Conservative’s Ten Point Plan – Commentary from four sources
The 10-point plan comprises: A ban on combustion engine sales by 2030, with grants for electric cars, and funding for charge points. The sale of some hybrid cars and vans will continue until 2035. A previously announced pledge to quadruple offshore wind powerby 2030, to 40GW, enough to power every UK home. Moves to boost hydrogen […]
26 Nov 2020
Flood Guidance: Two reports – How flood risk is changing over time & Wave Overtopping flood defences
Flood risk changes! New Guidance recognises that flood risk is changing Environment Agency: Development of interim national guidance on nonstationary fluvial flood frequency estimation Project summary FRS18087/IG/S We have developed new tools and techniques to help us detect and take account of non-stationarity in flood frequency estimation for flood scheme appraisal. Background Traditional methods used […]
26 Nov 2020
Natural Capital Committee advice on the Green Book guidance: embedding natural capital into public policy appraisal
Defra Updated 24 November 2020 The Green Book guidance: embedding natural capital into public policy appraisal This paper sets out the NCC’s advice to government on Green Book guidance. In particular, how to include natural capital, ecosystem services and the value of these into policy appraisals. Click here to read more
26 Nov 2020
Water use behaviour under Covid lockdown – Study by Artesia & University of Manchester
Artesia, working jointly with the University of Manchester, has delivered a project looking at COVID and water impacts. This study presents some early observations from another longer term qualitative study we are doing, but focuses more on qualitative research, based mainly on focus groups, looking at how water use behaviour changed in the first lockdown […]
26 Nov 2020
Oestrogenic effects in wild fish: comparing contemporary and historical impacts
Environment Agency ‘A study of wild roach in English rivers indicates that oestrogenic contaminants continue to occur at levels sufficient to produce a biological response in fish. The results of a study of wild roach in English rivers indicate that oestrogenic contaminants continue to occur at levels sufficient to produce a biological response in fish […]
26 Nov 2020
The social benefits of Blue Space: a systematic review – The Environment Agency
The social benefits of Blue Space: a systematic review Reviews published literature on the social and health benefits of rivers, lakes and coastal waters – referred to collectively as ‘Blue Space’. Environment Agency ‘This project reviewed the published literature on the social and health benefits of rivers, lakes and coastal waters – referred to collectively […]
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