From nurturing ocean carbon sinks to encouraging marine clean tech, there are steps all businesses can take to accelerate progress towards SDG14 Billions of people depend on the oceans for their food and livelihoods, but progress towards SDG14 remains stubbornly stuck in the slow lane. As the UN reflected in its most recent progress report, “increased […]
Post by: Dale Rodmell, NFFO Assistant Chief Executive, For the fishing industry, the development of large-scale projects (such as offshore windfarms) in the marine area can mean displacement from customary fishing grounds and knock-on effects elsewhere. A major purpose of the marine planning system, as recognised in the UK Marine Policy Statement, is to manage […]
Thousands of bodies washed up on North America’s Pacific coast: Study finds common murres probably died of starvation A million seabirds died in less than a year as a result of a giant “blob” of hot ocean, according to new research. A study released by the University of Washington found the birds, called common murres, probably died of […]
A new report in the journal Nature by Lilian Lieber in a collaboration with many other has made some key breakthroughs in our understanding of basking shark populations and their migrations. BBC ‘Basking sharks travel migratory routes in groups of extended family, a new study led by Scottish scientists has suggested. Large groups of the […]
Boris Johnson has promised “urgent action” on the climate crisis, taking personal leadership of this year’s UN climate talks after a blistering attack by the sacked former minister who was to lead them. “Unless we take urgent action, we will get 3C hotter,” the prime minister told a gathering of climate experts, business leaders and […]
Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 4 February 2020 The climate emergency is real But let’s start with the bad news. There really is a climate emergency. Evidence: The carbon and other greenhouses gases we are putting into the atmosphere means – precisely as the science […]
Waterwise Newsletter ‘Innovation to drive transformational change – Ofwat Ofwat have confirmed that they will be setting up a £200m innovation fund for AMP7 – see here for details. The fund will be run by a third party for Ofwat, with competitions to be held at least annually during AMP7. Bids will need to be led by […]
Defra: ‘An ambitious new online resource has been launched today (22 January) by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to help ensure better environmental decision-making by valuing our ‘natural capital’. For the first time, a comprehensive and integrated set of evidence and guidance about UK natural capital is now accessible from one place. It […]