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10 Aug 2021

IPCC Report published ‘Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of the changes already set in motion—such as continued sea level rise—are irreversible over hundreds to thousands of years.’

IPCC Reports – Link to all reports https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/#SPM Watch the press conference IPCC Press Release ‘GENEVA, Aug 9 – Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in […]

10 Aug 2021

Britain is becoming wetter and warmer – New Met Office Report

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New Met office report The UK’s climate has continued to warm, with 2020 the first year to have temperature, rain and sunshine rankings all in the top 10. The latest analysis of the UK climate, State of the UK Climate 2020 published in The Royal Meteorological Society’s ‘International Journal of Climatology’, has shown that climate […]

10 Aug 2021

Flood Re consultation results – Defra signal amendments to Flood re scheme

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Flood Re consultation Amendments to the Flood Re scheme Defra ‘We received 118 responses to this consultation from a wide range of stakeholders. The government will now implement technical changes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Flood Re scheme. The government supports the proposals for discounted premiums and build back better. It will […]

10 Aug 2021

Biosolids: Aligning policy and priority on biosolids – A fresh look needed – Peter Matthews CIWEM

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Where there’s muck, there’s brass – but after fifty years of value, is it time for a rethink? Dr Peter Matthews, Past President of CIWEM and former Chair of Natural Resources Wales, reflects on half a century of generating value from waste and asks if policy and priority are really aligned in the biosolids debate. There […]

10 Aug 2021

Environmental impact of bottled water ‘between 1400 & 3,500 times greater than tap water’

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The growth of bottled water over the last decades is astonishing but comes at a huge cost as revealed by a new study. I always wonder why the Water Companies, who spend so much to create excellent drinking water in the UK don’t do a hundred times more to support initiatives like Refill Day update […]

10 Aug 2021

Yorkshire Water partners with Freshwater Biological Association to breed rare pearl mussels

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Yorkshire Water is working with the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA) and the North York Moors National Park Authority to help release young freshwater pearl mussels to the river Esk, in order to help to further enhance biodiversity and improve the overall health of the river. Numbers of freshwater pearl mussels, also known as Margaritifera margaritifera, […]

10 Aug 2021

Climate change

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The strength of the IPCC’s Code Red for Humanity report is sobering; its dire warning could not be clearer. Yet at the same time, it confirmed that the Paris agreement’s 1.5C warming limit is not lost, and with strong global action, we can still achieve it. Interviews with five people involved in the debate on […]

10 Aug 2021

“Code Red for humanity”

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Global surface temperature was 1.09° C higher in the decade between 2011-2020 than between 1850-1900. The past five years have been the hottest on record since 1850 The recent rate of sea level rise has nearly tripled compared with 1901-1971 Human influence is “very likely” (90%) the main driver of the global retreat of glaciers […]

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