Water companies in England have launched a major project to design the plan that will help deliver their world-leading goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030. The water industry is the first industrial sector in the UK, and one of the first major sectors in the world, to commit to a carbon zero […]
Southern Water has published its Water Resources Management Plan – the company said for the first time is now looking forward 50 years so it can be prepared to meet the challenges of a very different world. Launching the plan, Nicholas Price, water resource planning manager at Southern Water, commented: “Environment Agency chief executive Sir James Bevan made a speech this […]
HR Wallingford Emergency planners can use our tool, the Life Safety Model, to develop emergency plans for floods to help save lives. Technical Director Darren Lumbroso explains the vital role that such tools can play in planning how to deal with the consequences in areas where a dam is at risk of collapsing or an […]
Antonio Guterres issues stark warning as latest talks in Madrid get underway with news Mark Carney is to take up key climate role The world’s response to climate change has been “utterly inadequate”, forcing the planet to the “point of no return”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned yesterday at the start of the latest round […]
The reality of the narratives from local people in coastal communities has been a theme in this article and also the recent EFRA Report. Business as usual is becoming far from acceptable. As the climate emergency brings rising seas and cliff erosion, seaside towns are mounting a losing battle to save homes Tom Wall, Observer […]
From: Chris Williams Senior Programme Manager New Economics Foundation The EU Council is meeting on 16/17th of December to set total allowable catches (TACs) for the North Sea and Northeast Atlantic. There are the final TACs that will be agreed before the EU’s deadline to end overfishing (F<Fmsy) by 2020. We hope the summary of relevant […]
The three mile limit – full proposal, click here This document is an attempt to inform and promote to fishermen and fisheries managers the fact that reinstatement of the three mile limit is not just possible or plausible, but is presently the best chance we have of preserving and allowing some recovery of our inshore fisheries […]
Sperm whale washes up with 100Kg of litter in its stomach The results are in for this year’s Great British Beach Clean Thanks to you, almost 11 tonnes of litter was cleared from the UK’s coastline in just one weekend! MCS ‘Great British Beach Clean’ data over the last 26 years has been instrumental in […]