The Cumbria floods have prompted this cross – departmental (integrated?) review in to resilience and flooding; even in their press release they seem to have become aware of ‘upstream solutions’. Defra ‘Environment Secretary announces work to identify additional flood protection measures in Cumbria Work to identify additional flood protection measures for Cumbrian communities affected by […]
Conference outcomes – European Commission: ‘Participants discussed the challenges and opportunities that arise when applying an environmental perspective to MSP. Planning and managing human activities in a way that does not exceed the capacity of marine ecosystems to deliver economic and social benefits.’ Commissioner Vella’s thinking on show. It also discussed the role of the […]
Fishermen across the UK will be able to apply for a share of €243m in new European Maritime and Fisheries Funding (EMFF) to help their businesses adapt to the reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and support their long-term sustainability and economic growth Fisheries Minister George Eustice has announced. The funding secured by the UK government […]
Eco Magazine: ‘On Wednesday 25 November 2015, the tidal power plant in the Dutch Eastern Scheldt surge barrier has been put into service. The festive commissioning, where the largest tidal energy project in The Netherlands as well as the world’s largest commercial tidal installation of five turbines in an array, was performed by Diederik Samsom, […]
Three articles 1. The NOW Show on Natural Capital … OK its 5 years old but this is a really amusing take on Natural Capital … and Dieter Helm who returns as chair of the NCC Click Here 2. The Natural Capital protocol is now open for consultation – Natural Capital Coalition Natural Capital Coalition […]
A Review of Access to Industry Marine Environmental Data New report available from the UK Productive Seas Evidence Group (PSEG) This report may be downloaded from: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/science/MSCC/PSEG Summary This new report, ‘A Review of Access to Industry Marine Environmental Data’ has just been published. The study was undertaken for PSEG jointly by ABP Marine Environmental […]
This is what extreme events look like. We know that climate change predictions suggest that we will have more extreme events. Cumbria: Met Office – Storm Desmond’s records: http://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/ The Met Office’s warning re climate change a month ago: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/news/2015/global-average-temperature-2015 How will the insurance industry respond? This is what the insurance industry has done in […]
Whilst it might be tempting to kill the messenger, George Monbiot outlines what we instinctively know. We need a fully integrated approach to climate change, energy policy, flood defences, land management and lots more. He points out the contradictions and problems with our current ‘leadership’ on these issues. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/07/hide-evidence-storm-desmond-floods-paris-talks George Monbiot (Guardian) ‘It’s as if […]