28 Feb 2017
The European Parliament has adopted draft reform of carbon market post-2020, but it is not clear if the UK will continue to be involved. The reforms are necessary because the European Union’s emission trading system (ETS), a cap-and-trade permit system to regulate industry pollution, has suffered from excess supply since the 2008 financial crisis, depressing […]
08 Feb 2017
New report says Europe at increasingly severe risk from climate change Europe’s regions are facing rising sea levels and more extreme weather, such as more frequent and more intense heatwaves, flooding, droughts and storms due to climate change, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency. The report was developed by the EEA in […]
26 Jan 2017
A good day to publish bad news … what better? Slip it out after the Prime Ministers Brexit speech … except then you generate publicity for all the wrong reasons ‘appalling media handling’ (PRweek), ‘Government’s sly subterfuge’ (The Independent), and then have to react to defend the media release! Huge reaction which highlights this Government’s […]
26 Jan 2017
EU European Environment Agency report argues more flexible climate adaptation strategies and policies are urgently needed Climate change-related extreme weather events accounted for almost €400bn of economic losses across 33 European countries over the past several decades and were responsible for more than 140 million deaths, a new EU agency report today reveals. The impacts of these […]
26 Jan 2017
In December Mark Carney & Michael Bloomberg spoke to the need for greater disclosure by companies to the threats of climate change ….. Emma Howard Boyd the Environment Agency chair’s blog – and she comes from the finance sector – reflects on its importance. Emma Howard Boyd ‘The Governor of the Bank of England has […]
09 Jan 2017
In the post-truth world one wonders what the distinctions the press regulators are making. But this poses fundamental questions for the leaders of science in the UK and all responsible communicators. Guardian: A magazine article claiming “marine life has nothing whatsoever to fear from ocean acidification” has been deemed neither misleading nor inaccurate by the […]
09 Jan 2017
The MCCIP website has recently been updated with new marine climate change news and events. Below is a brief summary of the new items that have been added. For more details on all of the items listed below, simply go to www.mccip.org.uk and go to the relevant links in the ‘news and events’ box on […]
14 Dec 2016
Climate change threatens ability of insurers to manage risk Extreme weather is driving up uninsured losses and insurers must use investments to fund global warming resilience, says study ClimateWise, a global network of 29 insurance industry organisations which is convened by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, has warned of the urgent need […]
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