02 Oct 2024
The Scottish Government has published the Climate change: Scottish National Adaptation Plan 2024-2029 The plan sets out a comprehensive suite of more than 200 actions and proposals for managing the current and future impacts of climate change in Scotland. Climate change means Scotland will experience more extreme weather. Flooding, water scarcity and hot weather can […]
02 Oct 2024
Around 70 crayfish from the internationally important River Wansbeck population – one of the last remaining strongholds of the species – have been found dead. Testing has already ruled out the listed disease white spot syndrome virus as well as crayfish plague, and water quality testing has ruled out pollution. Further testing is being carried […]
01 Oct 2024
Photo: 1st place, The Ocean Photographer of the Year: Rafael Fernandez Caballero. “A Bryde’s whale takes a bite”. Baja California Sur, Mexico. See more here. Introducing our Ocean and Coastal news at a Glance. In our first edition, we are covering a two week news cycle, as it has been a particularly newsworthy fortnight. […]
01 Oct 2024
Looking a little different, doing more in our sector In a recent article, we introduced our new brand identity, with a first look at some of the key elements of the brand. We’re now ready to share more about what this means in terms of our communications, and the services we provide. Our news and […]
01 Oct 2024
A new campaign from the Ocean Panel titled the ‘100% Alliance’ calls on all coastal and ocean states to commit to sustainably manage 100% of ocean areas under national jurisdiction. The Ocean Panel, launched in 2018, has had 19 world leaders come together to realise the mission of sustainably managing 100% of the ocean area […]
01 Oct 2024
Norway has opened the gateway to a massive undersea vault for carbon dioxide, marking a significant step towards launching what its operator calls the first commercial service for CO2 transport and storage. The Northern Lights project plans to take CO2 emissions captured across Europe and inject them into geological reservoirs under the seabed. The aim is to […]
01 Oct 2024
A new report from conservation group Oceana UK has been published revealing the true extent of oil pollution. The report titled ‘Sea Slick: The true scale and impact of chronic oil pollution in UK seas’ says oil pollution in UK seas has been “significantly underestimated due an opaque system of self-reporting by oil companies that […]
01 Oct 2024
The Sustainability Joint Industry programme has developed the Offshore Wind Industry Product Carbon Footprinting (PCF) Guidance. Previously no industry guidance on calculating a full carbon footprint for an offshore wind farm has existed. This has left the industry open to interpreting existing standards, which are not entirely applicable for offshore wind and consequently comparing carbon […]
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