07 Jul 2020
Our world is changing rapidly and so are water services. Innovation is key to guaranteeing the affordability of safe, sustainable and resilient water services for the decades to come. Water service providers are well aware of the challenges and have identified a number of technological and non-technological areas requiring particular innovation efforts with a view […]
07 Jul 2020
BlueHealth is a pan-European research initiative investigating the links between urban blue spaces, climate and health. It is combining interdisciplinary approaches to examine how wellbeing might be promoted through the development of blue infrastructure. Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, BlueHealth has brought together over 90 researchers from nine European institutions. It ends in […]
07 Jul 2020
The International Water Association (IWA) is undertaking a survey to better understand the top priorities for water and wastewater utilities to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. The survey is part of the Climate Smart Utilities Community of Practice and the goal is to better support and serve the water sector in addressing common challenges […]
07 Jul 2020
£40 million announced to fund green jobs Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on:1 July 2020 Defra: Yesterday (June 30) we announced a fund of up to £40 million to create jobs in nature recovery and conservation to kick start the nation’s green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Plans to create thousands of new jobs to kick-start the […]
07 Jul 2020
ROAD MAP OVERVIEW “clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas” – The UK Marine Vision Background The Marine Science Co-ordination Committee (MSCC) is a governmental committee that was created in 2008 to deliver the UK Marine Science Strategy. However, over the last 10 years there has been a shift in societal, political […]
07 Jul 2020
Defra – Five key points on the Fisheries Bill – this time via Facebook ‘We will also extend the MMO’s powers to allow them to provide advice and assistance on sustainable fisheries, marine planning, licensing and conservation beyond UK waters to support the delivery of the Blue Belt programme.’ The Defra take on progress so […]
07 Jul 2020
This review has been prepared for the Defra Marine Litter Policy Team to provide a summary of evidence of relevance in addressing marine plastic pollution, to identify evidence gaps and make recommendations for further work to support policy development. This review has been prepared for the Defra Marine Litter Policy team in order to provide […]
07 Jul 2020
In January 2020, the Ocean Conservation Trust hosted the third workshop on Environmental Friendly Moorings (EFMs), now re-branded as Advanced Mooring Systems (AMS). The workshop emphasised their benefits from a technical as well as an environmental point of view. This workshop was held under the auspices of the EU LIFE ReMEDIES project. The workshop report and presentations are […]
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