07 Jul 2019
A newly completed 40-y record of satellite observations is used to quantify changes in Antarctic sea ice coverage since the late 1970s. Sea ice spreads over vast areas and has major impacts on the rest of the climate system, reflecting solar radiation and restricting ocean/atmosphere exchanges. The satellite record reveals that a gradual, decades-long overall […]
04 Jul 2019
Bob Earll Each week in preparing Water News I scan the Defra website. This week this site is awash with individual regional calls for projects under two themes: Call for project’s promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management’ Call for project’s focusing on preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency’ This is […]
04 Jul 2019
Green finance strategy A comprehensive approach to greening financial systems, mobilising finance for clean and resilient growth, and capturing the resulting opportunities for UK firms. This strategy recognises the role of the financial sector in delivering global and domestic climate and environmental objectives. It sets out: the proposals for green finance at the heart of […]
02 Jul 2019
Sea level Rise – 4 articles British Antarctic Survey – Sea level rise Science briefing: https://www.bas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Sea-level-rise_May19.pdf Sea level rise: NOAA science report cards covering the American coastline Sea level rise & Adaptation – Cities can learn lessons from Rotterdam on how it is addressing sea-level rise. Seawalls to protect US against rising oceans could cost […]
02 Jul 2019
Guardian ‘In all her years working at Bodega Bay, the marine reserve research coordinator Jackie Sones had never seen anything like it: scores of dead mussels on the rocks, their shells gaping and scorched, their meats thoroughly cooked. A record-breaking June heatwave apparently caused the largest die-off of mussels in at least 15 years at Bodega Head, […]
27 Jun 2019
HoC ‘Six select committees of the House of Commons (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; Environmental Audit; Housing, Communities and Local Government; Science and Technology; Transport; and Treasury) have today announced plans to hold a Citizens’ Assembly on combatting climate change and achieving the pathway to net zero carbon emissions. Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee […]
27 Jun 2019
ISO have published the first international standard for adaptation – ISO 14090 Adaptation to climate change – Principles, requirements and guidelines – which aims to help organisations assess climate change impacts, plan for effective adaptation, and identify and manage risks. You can find a press release and more information here https://www.iso.org/news/ref2405.html
20 Jun 2019
Not drowning but waving: making the climate emergency a global opportunity Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive, Environment Agency Flood and Coast Conference, Telford International Centre, 18 June 2019 Introduction I’m here, of course, to give a speech on climate change and flood risk. But first I want us to turn our thoughts to […]
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