21 Apr 2015
14 Apr 2015
Divestment in fossil fuels – A huge issue for our Economy and Climate Change – Campaigns and Information
This is an important year for the debate on Climate Change leading to the Paris Conference. The exploitation of fossil fuel reserves and dependence of global financial investment in these is a major issue. The awareness around the issues of divestment is growing and the Guardian have recently launched a major campaign which has raised […]
14 Apr 2015
Warming seas and changing fish populations – Exeter and Bristol study results
Popular North Sea fish such as haddock, plaice and lemon sole could become less common on our menus because they will be constrained to preferred habitat as seas warm, according to a study published today in Nature Climate Change. Fish distributions are limited by water temperature and some species can only thrive in certain habitats […]
16 Mar 2015
Informing Adaptation to Climate Change in British Local Government
The Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds has published a report looking at how local government in Britain is making progress in adaptation to climate change. Comparing new data with similar evidence from 2003, the study shows that local authority staff now have good access to technical climate risk information. However, this knowledge […]
10 Mar 2015
Florida banned state workers from using term ‘climate change’ – New report
‘Global warming’ and ‘sustainability’ among phrases allegedly barred at state’s Department of Environmental Protection, investigative report finds. http://fcir.org/2015/03/08/in-florida-officials-ban-term-climate-change/ Officials with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the agency in charge of setting conservation policy and enforcing environmental laws in the state, issued directives in 2011 barring thousands of employees from using the […]
24 Feb 2015
Evidence and Policy – another example of the ‘no evidence approach’
From Thomas Cromwell to Sir Humphrey officials and advisors try their best. Their political masters, particularly in election years, can and do resist advice presented to them. Although this video comes from a clearly vested interest promoting solar pv, the evidence – quotes – they have accumulated shows how policy can be implemented even when […]
24 Feb 2015
Climate change – Joint Pledge by UK’s three major parties – Newsletter of the Month – NEF’s Energy Crunch
For readers interested in climate change and energy this newsletter looks like it will become a valuable source of information. A rare moment of unity – this week’s Energy Crunch http://www.neweconomics.org/blog/entry/energy-round-up-a-rare-moment-of-unity NEF: ‘In a rare moment of unity, the leaders of the UK’s three major parties last week agreed to work together on climate change. […]
24 Feb 2015
The effect of climate change on pelagic fish
Sardines, anchovies and mackerels play a crucial role in marine ecosystems, as well as having a high commercial value. However, the warming of waters makes them vanish from their usual seas and migrate north, as confirmed by a pioneering study analysing 57,000 fish censuses from 40 years. The researchers warn that coastal towns dependent on […]
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