30 Mar 2017
March 28th was a bad day for Climate change action in the US but there is good news Sweden announces plan to eliminate carbon emissions by 2045 BusinessGreen ‘Swedish Climate Minister Isabella Lovin announced that the country aims to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2045. Legislators signed a law that will require […]
28 Mar 2017
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22 Mar 2017
CCC warns MPs over lack of data on UK critical infrastructure assets at risk of flooding The Environmental Audit Committee held a one off session on climate change adaptation in light of the recent publication of the Government’s Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017. This assessment draws primarily on the independent Evidence Report commissioned from the CCC’s Adaptation […]
06 Mar 2017
14 February 2017: The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee publishes its report which highlights key actions that will be needed to ensure environmental protections are not eroded as a result of Brexit. Report: Brexit: environment and climate change (HTML) Report: Brexit: environment and climate change (PDF) Evidence Volume: Brexit: environment and climate change ( PDF 1.38 […]
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 […]
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