05 May 2021
Ofwat publishes Regulatory Accounting Guidelines for reporting of emissions From Ofwat In our ‘Consultation on regulatory reporting – Responses document’, and the accompanying Information Notice (IN 20/08), we provided notice of, and reasons for, changes relating to how we would like companies to report on their Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions for 2020-21. This document reiterates […]
05 May 2021
From waterwise Smart metering of our water supplies can play a fundamental role in helping us manage water demand and meet the challenge of the climate emergency. Emerging evidence, presented in this jointly authored report from Waterwise and Arqiva, demonstrates how smart metering can help us adapt to a changing climate and mitigate our impact […]
05 May 2021
Natural England have released a comprehensive report on the Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Habitat 2021. It describes in detail the role different types of natural habits in Britain play in capturing carbon from the atmosphere. This comes weeks before the Environment Agency plan to release a similar report ‘Achieving Net Zero carbon emissions – a […]
05 May 2021
Waterwise link Water UK release Everyone is being encouraged to make every drop count this summer as Water UK joins forces with water efficiency experts, Waterwise, to launch their 2021 Water’s Worth Saving campaign. Water’s Worth Saving aims to drive change in how we use water – we need to act fast and do more, […]
05 May 2021
From the Guardian A river in the Lake District is getting its curves back in order to reduce the risk of flooding, with storm damage and landslides set to become more widespread in the national park by 2060. Homes and businesses in the Ullswater valley have been devastated by floods in recent years. Storm Desmond […]
05 May 2021
George Warren, Senior Policy Officer in Climate Change Adaptation & UK Susdrain SuDS Champion 2020 It’s all about small distributed #SuDS!!! Those whom know me will be familiar with me constantly banging on about the need to deliver small #SuDS at scale and how important it is that delivery organisations are able to unlock the […]
04 May 2021
In defence of Net Zero – James Murray – Business Green ‘Concerns about the efficacy of net zero targets are justified, but could condemnation of the concept from Greta Thunberg and others inadvertently serve to undermine efforts to decarbonise? “The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect one” Carl von Clausewitz, […]
04 May 2021
Defra ‘There has been widespread coverage in the news see BBC News Online, Intrafish following yesterday’s conclusion of the bilateral fisheries negotiations with Norway on fishing opportunities for 2021. Discussions concluded without the parties reaching an agreement, meaning for 2021 neither will have access to fish in the other’s waters.’ A Defra spokesperson said: “We have always […]
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