20 May 2014
Guardian – sustainability hub – a very useful source of business best practice
The winners of the 2014 Guardian Sustainability Business Awards were announced last week – a very interesting range of current work. This website is linked to their sustainability awards process and provides a wealth of good practice across many sectors of business from low carbon, resources and waste, innovation, energy, water and communication. To read […]
20 May 2014
A realistic assessment of fluvial and coastal flood risk in England and Wales – Edmund C Penning-Rowsell
Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell: ‘A recent paper of mine analyses the available data on flood damage since 1947 and up to 2010. The results show that annual average economic fluvial and coastal flood damage over the last two decades or so – a period seeing several large flood events – had not amounted to more than […]
20 May 2014
Flood Risk Management Plan Guidance
20 May 2014
Call for proposals review on locality and community resilience Joseph Rowntree Foundation
JRF ‘We thought you might be interested to see the first call for proposals has been issued for the JRF’s new climate change and communities programme, seeking an evidence review on locality and community resilience to climate change. Evidence review: Locality and community resilience to climate change. This call for proposals seeks to identify what […]
19 May 2014
Palaeoenvironmental assessment of peat samples from the Dogger Bank – new report available The Crown Estate
Palaeoenvironmental assessment of peat samples from the Dogger Bank – new report available The Crown Estate This report may be downloaded from The Crown Estate website at: http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/media/562878/ei-archaeological-material-from-the-dogger-bank.pdf Summary Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by The Crown Estate to undertake a palaeoenvironmental assessment of peat samples reported through the Offshore Renewables Protocol for Archaeological Discoveries (ORPAD) project, […]
12 May 2014
Resilience – Defra briefing on the relationship to sustainable development and the Ofwat duty in the Water Bill
‘Resilience’ is the new sustainability. It is no secret that the Cabinet office has been pressing for the use of this term in its approach to many aspects of Government. It has received plenty of air time during the winter floods. There is a fascinating discussion of the Government’s view of the relationship between resilience […]
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