18 Sep 2015
The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) introduced a significant change in the scientific evidence requirements for supporting regulatory decisions by the marine regulatory and nature conservation agencies in the UK and the EU. Many of these decisions will result in a license or authorisation to undertake works in coastal, estuarine or marine areas, or to […]
18 Sep 2015
Seas around the world have risen an average of nearly 3 inches (8 centimetres ) since 1992, with some locations rising by more than 9 inches due to natural variation according to Nasa and its partners. Intensive research is pointing the way to the unavoidable rise and working on locational differences which can be vary […]
18 Sep 2015
The National Oceanography Centre has today begun the latest in a series of ambitious marine robotic vehicle trials off the UK coast. Working in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), NOC has deployed a submarine glider and an autonomous surface vehicle into the Celtic Deep area of the Celtic Sea – the two robotic […]
18 Sep 2015
Conservation needs places where nature is left wild; but only a quarter of coastal countries have no-take Marine Reserves. ‘Marine Protected Areas’ (MPAs) have been used to indicate conservation progress but we found that 94% allow fishing and thus cannot protect all aspects of biodiversity. Biodiversity conservation should focus on Marine Reserves, not MPAs. Highlights […]
15 Sep 2015
The new Labour leader has previously set out his environmental ambitions. They include international leadership on climate change, investment in green energy and protection of ecosystems. Jeremy Corbyn has previously written that “the major electricity, gas, water and railway infrastructures of Britain were built through public investment since the end of WWII and were all […]
15 Sep 2015
Ofwat has potentially opened the door for the price control period for parts of the water sector to be extended from the current five years. According to Utility Week, the regulator has said that for future price reviews, elements of the wholesale value chain, such as sludge treatment, could be given a longer price control […]
15 Sep 2015
A new report from the UK Water Partnership, Droughts and Floods – towards a more holistic approach, has been published, together with an accompanying blog by the leading author Jim Wharfe at http://www.theukwaterpartnership.org/#portfolio-page/blog/1 The UK Water Partnership is now exploring how to take forward the recommendation for a more holistic environmental approach to flooding and drought […]
15 Sep 2015
New research from the New Climate Economy finds that investing in public and low emission transport, building efficiency, and waste management in cities could generate savings with a current value of US$17 trillion by 2050. These low-carbon investments could also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 3.7 Gt CO2e per year by 2030, more than the current annual […]
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