09 Jun 2016
Two reports on the relationship of business with climate change policies. A new report commissioned by the Environment Agency says climate change is presenting UK businesses with opportunities as well as risks. It is based on survey data showing that 86% of companies have identified one or more climate-related risks, and approximately 1 opportunity for […]
11 May 2016
Order: 4th The impacts of climate change will be channeled primarily through the water cycle, with consequences that could be large and uneven across the globe. Water-related climate risks cascade through food, energy, urban, and environmental systems. Growing populations, rising incomes, and expanding cities will converge upon a world where the demand for water rises […]
09 May 2016
Climate change is doing more than warming the world’s oceans. It’s also making it harder for marine life to breathe. Curtis Deutsch, from the University of Washington’s School of Oceanography, studies how increasing global temperatures are altering the levels of dissolved oxygen in the world’s oceans. Scientists have been warning that decreasing amounts of available […]
27 Apr 2016
Guardian: World governments vow to end fossil fuel era at UN climate signing ceremony: Representatives of more than 170 countries endorse Paris agreement to cut carbon emissions, with France’s president saying: ‘There is no turning back’. Just as well because the threat of environmental damage to the marine environment is immediate and evidence amassing at […]
27 Apr 2016
Environment Agency: How risk management authorities can account for climate change within their flood and coastal erosion risk management investment decisions. Risk management authorities must apply this guidance to projects or strategies seeking government flood and coastal erosion risk management grant in aid (FCRM GiA) funding. By following the guidance, risk management authorities will carry […]
26 Apr 2016
Guardian: World governments vow to end fossil fuel era at UN climate signing ceremony: Representatives of more than 170 countries endorse Paris agreement to cut carbon emissions, with France’s president saying: ‘There is no turning back’. Just as well because the threat of environmental damage to the marine environment is immediate and evidence amassing at […]
13 Apr 2016
The risks of Brexit to our environmental policy are very clear and a further six viewpoints reinforce this (see below), however, in a vote that looks too close to call the need to encourage voting is also very important, especially in the younger voters. Register to vote – details here. 1. EU membership positive for UK […]
06 Apr 2016
Research commissioned by the Environment Agency predicts that eutrophication in rivers will increase with climate change, but can be mitigated with better water management. It sets out a national scale picture of flow related changes in phosphorus concentrations and indicates where the Agency may need to target intervention to meet phosphorus standards in the future. […]
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