17 Sep 2019
Anglian Water has been ordered to pay £156,000 for sewage pollution. The court found that negligence and a lack of maintenance were to blame for the pollution of a Northamptonshire brook. The pollution occurred over 2 days in August 2016, when at least a kilometre and a half of Grendon Brook was contaminated with sewage. […]
17 Sep 2019
The Global Commission on Adaptation has published a report ‘Adapt Now: A Global Call for Leadership on Climate Resilience’. The key messages of the report include: Investing $1.8 trillion globally in five areas from 2020 to 2030 could generate £7.1 trillion in total net benefits. Adaptation actions bring multiple benefits, called the triple dividend – […]
17 Sep 2019
Interesting article from National Geographic on how fires in the Amazon Rainforest impact on global water cycles. All news outlets have been covering the story of the hideous Amazon fires this week, but how does this impact the water resources in the area and beyond? According to the National Geographic, burning more and more of […]
17 Sep 2019
A recent article, published in The Guardian, says the proliferation of weirs, dams and culverts is now creating a threat to wildlife. The Swansea University-led project called Amber (Adaptive Management of Barriers in European Rivers), aims to find ways to halt the fragmentation of European rivers and the dangerous isolation of their habitats. “Flowing rivers […]
15 Sep 2019
15 Sep 2019
Latest papers from the Natural Capital Committee say that the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan Progress Report “does not tell us much about whether and to what extent there has been progress”. Failures include no assessment of whether the environment has improved and no assessment of outcomes. The Committee says that there is an urgent […]
15 Sep 2019
The UK Governments’ reasonable worst-case planning assumptions under a no deal Brexit were published in the ‘Operation Yellowhammer’ papers last week. On the question of fisheries, they estimate that up to 282 EU and EEA nations fishing vessels could enter illegally, or already be fishing in UK waters on day one. Up to 129 vessels […]
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