21 Jun 2023
A new report by Policy Connect for the Westminster Sustainable Business Forum calls for changes to the insurance industry to accelerate deployment of flood resilience measures and combat the climate crisis. Since 2013, more than 10% of all new homes in England have consistently been built on land at risk of flooding (flood zones 2 […]
21 Jun 2023
A total investment in nature of USD 8.1 trillion is required between now and 2050 – while annual investment should reach USD 536 billion annually by 2050 – in order to successfully tackle the interlinked climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises, according to the State of Finance for Nature report. The report finds that annual investments in […]
21 Jun 2023
Paper in Climate and Atmospheric Science journal indicates huge potential role for artificial intelligence Abstract In recent years there has been a surge of interest in the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address the global threat of climate change. Here, we consider climate change applications, and review the ability of AI technologies to better […]
20 Jun 2023
The Crown Estate has announced that it has begun work to digitally map the seabed resource needed to meet future demand as well as the enhanced co-ordination of future activities out to 2050. The work is a response to growing demands on the finite resources of the seabed. In collaboration with a wide range of organisations […]
20 Jun 2023
A Marine Management Organisation investigation using aerial surveillance, Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) records and analysis of e-log and sales note information resulted in the owner and master of a vessel admitting a total of seven charges at Plymouth magistrates. The court was told the vessel was spotted and photographed fishing for scallops in the closed […]
20 Jun 2023
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has confirmed there has been a very high-level of compliance with new byelaws introduced last year. On 13 June 2022, the MMO introduced new byelaws to protect four offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) from damaging fishing activity. Photo: Subtidal coarse sediment ©Crown Copyright England’s MPAs There are currently […]
20 Jun 2023
The world’s first international treaty to protect the high seas was adopted at the United Nations on Monday 19th June. The commonly referred to ‘High Seas Treaty’, or more fully the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ / ABNJ), is the legal framework that aims to ensure the conservation and […]
Prev