11 Feb 2020
Guardian ‘East Yorkshire councillors bemoan lack of national guidance and funding Ministers have been urged to step in to help families whose homes are at imminent risk of collapsing into the sea on the fastest-eroding coastline in northern Europe. Residents in the Yorkshire village of Skipsea were told this week that more than 20 homes were at […]
11 Feb 2020
From nurturing ocean carbon sinks to encouraging marine clean tech, there are steps all businesses can take to accelerate progress towards SDG14 Billions of people depend on the oceans for their food and livelihoods, but progress towards SDG14 remains stubbornly stuck in the slow lane. As the UN reflected in its most recent progress report, “increased […]
11 Feb 2020
Post by: Dale Rodmell, NFFO Assistant Chief Executive, For the fishing industry, the development of large-scale projects (such as offshore windfarms) in the marine area can mean displacement from customary fishing grounds and knock-on effects elsewhere. A major purpose of the marine planning system, as recognised in the UK Marine Policy Statement, is to manage […]
11 Feb 2020
Thousands of bodies washed up on North America’s Pacific coast: Study finds common murres probably died of starvation A million seabirds died in less than a year as a result of a giant “blob” of hot ocean, according to new research. A study released by the University of Washington found the birds, called common murres, probably died of […]
11 Feb 2020
A new report in the journal Nature by Lilian Lieber in a collaboration with many other has made some key breakthroughs in our understanding of basking shark populations and their migrations. BBC ‘Basking sharks travel migratory routes in groups of extended family, a new study led by Scottish scientists has suggested. Large groups of the […]
05 Feb 2020
Boris Johnson has promised “urgent action” on the climate crisis, taking personal leadership of this year’s UN climate talks after a blistering attack by the sacked former minister who was to lead them. “Unless we take urgent action, we will get 3C hotter,” the prime minister told a gathering of climate experts, business leaders and […]
05 Feb 2020
Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 4 February 2020 The climate emergency is real But let’s start with the bad news. There really is a climate emergency. Evidence: The carbon and other greenhouses gases we are putting into the atmosphere means – precisely as the science […]
05 Feb 2020
Waterwise Newsletter ‘Innovation to drive transformational change – Ofwat Ofwat have confirmed that they will be setting up a £200m innovation fund for AMP7 – see here for details. The fund will be run by a third party for Ofwat, with competitions to be held at least annually during AMP7. Bids will need to be led by […]
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