The Economist ‘The asset management industry—and thus the wider community of investors of all sizes— is facing the prospect of significant losses from the effects of climate change. Assets can be directly damaged by floods, droughts and severe storms, but portfolios can also be harmed indirectly, through weaker growth and lower asset returns. Climate change […]
1.Land management and Environmental management Find out if your land is in a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) and how use of nitrogen fertilisers and organic manures is restricted in NVZs. Contents Find out if your land is in an NVZ Using manufactured nitrogen fertilisers and organic manures in NVZs Land first included in an NVZ […]
Thames Water named Bazalgette as the preferred bidder to invest £2.8 billion in delivering the Thames Tideway Tunnel project was confirmed by Ofwat ahead of issuing the consortium a project license to deliver the £4.2 billion super sewer project. http://utilityweek.co.uk/news/thames-tideway-ip-licence-goes-to-bazalgette-says-ofwat/1160902#.VdMQHP-FOpo The confirmation from Ofwat means Bazalgette is wholly responsible for delivering the Thames Tideway Tunnel scheme, which […]
‘Landmark first to launch Environment Agency’s surface water data in Envirocheck Flood Screening report. With the Environment Agency recently warning of risks related to surface water flooding, following heavy mid-summer downpurs, Landmark Information Group, the UK’s leading supplier of digital mapping, property and environmental risk information, has announced it is the first commercial provider to […]
This is the company press release – good news : Forewind: Recent planning approval for offshore wind energy at Dogger Bank takes the total of consented projects in the North Sea zone to 4.8 gigawatts (GW), almost equal to all the offshore wind capacity now in operation in the UK. The consented development, Dogger Bank […]
National Trust ‘We do like to be beside the seaside – but not as much as we used to. Too little time, overcrowded beaches, overpriced facilities and the lure of overseas destinations have all contributed to a decline in day trippers taking to the UK coast. More than half of people (58%) have not had […]
New restrictions on the fishing of sea bass, including the introduction of a minimum catch size, will come into effect from as early as 1 September. This is following action by UK government to protect this iconic and threatened species, Fisheries Minister George Eustice announced today. The new controls are the result of continued lobbying […]
There has been an exciting development regarding international fisheries law. It’s an Advisory Opinion delivered by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in April this year on, amongst other things, IUU fishing. For an introduction, see the following short paper by Tim Stephens: http://www.asil.org/insights/volume/19/issue/8/itlos-advisory-opinion-coastal-and-flag-state-duties-ensure For more information, see the website of ITLOS […]