Among the ongoing programme of CIWEM events is a free webinar series on ‘Nature-based solutions & the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme’. Defra has paused its consultation on proposals and ideas for its Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMs) which will usher in a new approach of public money paying for public goods, such as nature […]
11 May The EU Water Alliance is proud to release today its new Manifesto which aims to highlight the pressing water challenges Europe faces and to set out the key actions required to overcome them. Water issues are set to become the most pressing challenge for Europe in the coming years, as underlined by the recent 2020 UN […]
From the Waterwise newsletter Waterwise ‘In Association with Artesia’ – forecasting long term per capita consumption (PCC) pathways The world has changed considerably since Artesia took a look at historic water use in our February newsletter. This month’s article looks at forecasting water use and focuses on two reports Artesia produced for Ofwat and Water UK […]
A wide-reaching ‘source to sea’ natural flood risk management and habitat creation scheme for the River Don was launched recently. The work supports the wider River Don catchment natural flood management programme in partnership with the Environment Agency and Sheffield City Council to slow and store flood waters using nature-based solutions like tree planting and peat restoration to […]
Ali Morse, Water Policy Manager at the Wildlife Trusts uses this blog to introduce the key pressures facing the water environment and how best they can be tackled using a holistic approach. May 2020 Managing the freshwater environment is indeed a tricky balance; we expect our waters to support wildlife, provide drinking supplies, take away […]
Released guidance over the last week, Boris Johnson’s statement on Sunday, and with more information in a report to be released today (11.5.2020) there are clear indications that the Government is trying to relax the lockdown (in England). The rules of social distancing are now very clear and being applied in many work place and […]
A very strong theme has emerged over last few weeks which is how we can draw lessons from the Covid-19 emergency about climate change in order to plan for our future. There are articles appearing daily from a wide range of sources on what we should be aiming for and the opportunity that the emergency […]
A new study by the University of Southampton and the Centre for Towns has shown that coastal communities are likely to be most affected economically by the lockdown measures brought in as a result of the COVID19 pandemic, with former industrial towns also at risk from longer-term effects of the crisis. Of the top 20 […]