The Government has agreed with the Committee on Climate Change and proposes that the fifth budgetary period covering 2028 to 2032 should be set at 1,725 MtCO2e.The orders and associated documents for the fifth budgetary period covering 2028 to 2032Impact assessment for the fifth carbon budget The Renewable Energy Association welcomed the news ‘Crucial first […]
Latest advice shows seabass population is dangerously low The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) says the latest advice from ICES that no seabass should be caught in 2017 from the stock in UK’s waters reveals the desperate situation this restaurant and recreational angling favourite is in. The advice confirms fears that the population – which is mainly […]
Two articles – one on a European Parliament decision on deep sea fishing and a resurvey of the Darwin Mounds site. Begging the question of how UK will protect its deep sea marine environment? 1. MEPs and ministers strike informal deal to ban deep sea fishing below 800 metres MEPs and ministers struck a deal […]
Jason Hall Spencer Rising sea temperatures are fueling a surge in the numbers of a carnivorous lionfish (Pterois miles) in the Mediterranean, and they’re preying on herbivorous fish species that are key to maintaining the seas ecosystem. “The lionfish is an Indo-Pacific fish and it sits well in that ecosystem as there are predators that […]
People, Politics and the Planet: Any Questions? What does ‘Brexit’ mean for the environment? 6:00 p.m., 21 July 2016, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), London Join the Sibthorp Trust, the British Ecological Society and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) for the first post-referendum public debate on the future of environmental policy in the UK […]
Six reactions – articles: Eustace, Amber Rudd, ICE, Angling Trust, Grantham Institute & Client Earth The Threat: George Eustace – Brexit would free UK from ‘spirit-crushing’ green directives, says minister. Farming minister George Eustice says leave vote would free up £2bn now spent on insurance schemes and incentives for farmers Telegraph Amber Ruud on Climate […]
No plan – business as usual for at least the next two years? Bob Earll Whilst the Government is putting a brave face on it and moving on there seems to have been little contingency planning outside the Treasury and Bank of England. The Leave campaign had no plan. So the plan for Brexit remains to be set […]
Our big cities, London and Birmingham, and many other places have been severely affected by flash flooding in June. Is flash flooding something that is becoming normal and acceptable? Just like major winter storm – flood events. How do we best describe these events and communicate their normality or otherwise. This is an interesting, day […]