Embedding and valuing flexibility in adaptive planning in the urban flood risk management sector From Richard Ashley This guideline provides the ingredients for embedding and valuing flexibility in adaptive planning. In contemporary adaptation planning in the urban flood risk management sector, the valuation of flexibility is about determining the expected net present value of the […]
This article by George Monbiot highlights the work of Kate Raworth. The diagrams are interesting too. Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist, Kate Raworth of Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute reminds us that economic growth was not, at first, intended to signify wellbeing. Simon Kuznets, who standardised the measurement of growth, warned: […]
The Environment Agency releases sea trout with pearl mussel larvae attached in effort to increase numbers in the North East. Thousands of sea trout have been released into rivers in Northumberland to stock rivers for anglers and help protect the future of a critically endangered species, the freshwater pearl mussel. Pearl fishing and water pollution from […]
DCLG ‘Over 30 exciting new projects set to create new jobs, attract tourists and boost economic growth. Communities up and down the coast are set to benefit from a £40 million cash boost, Sajid Javid announced today (3 April 2017). Piers, promenades and coastal paths are some of over 30 exciting new projects set to create […]
Defra published litter strategy Litter louts could be hit with £150 fines as part of ambitious new plans to tackle rubbish in England. Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom unveiled the Government’s first Litter Strategy for England to reduce the near £800m burden to the taxpayer of clean-up costs. Under the new measures, the most serious litterers could be […]
Science not Silence – March for science – on Earth Day The March for Science demonstrates our passion for science and sounds a call to support and safeguard the scientific community. It is time for people who support scientific research and evidence-based policies to take a public stand and be counted. We are people who […]
On the back of the record lows of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice levels MPs from the Environmental Audit Committee have launched a new inquiry (see below) to look at the implications for UK. NASA: sea ice extent sinks to record lows at both poles Arctic sea ice appears to have reached a record low wintertime […]
Tidal power: MeyGen Phase 1A approaches 400MWh of generation Global tidal power company Atlantis has confirmed that the MeyGen array continues to deliver clean, sustainable and predictable electricity to the National Grid. Meygen entered operation in November 2016 and was awarded full Ofgem accreditation as a 5 ROC project in February 2017, In the first three […]