02 Feb 2022
The Defra website is jammed with individual organisation Climate Change Adaptation reports. Click here to see these: Adaptation reports to Defra for part of the third round of the adaptation reporting process under the Climate Change 2008 Act. You can read the Ofwat report as well as the individual company reports e.g. South West Water […]
25 Jan 2022
2022: The Year of Climate Adaptation Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency speech to the Coastal Futures conference “Thank you for inviting me to speak at this year’s Coastal Futures conference. In 1953, 307 lives were lost on land and more than 177 people were lost at sea in the east coast surge. […]
25 Jan 2022
Business Green: Chatham House speech by Alok Sharma since UN Climate Conference will see Minister call on countries to set aside geopolitical tensions to tackle climate goals. COP26 President Alok Sharma has this morning urged countries to deliver on the promises they made at the COP26 Climate Summit, warning the commitments set out in the […]
04 Jan 2022
Alok Sharma, Climate summit president, makes clear UK net zero agenda is responsibility of all government colleagues Tackling the climate crisis must be a whole government effort or risk the Cop26 climate summit becoming “just a bunch of meaningless promises”, the cabinet minister who chaired the UN summit has said. Alok Sharma, who acted as president for […]
09 Dec 2021
Corporate leaders group – CBI, TUC, Green Alliance, WWF – writes to Government urging action Climate Change Committee Just published: COP26: Key outcomes and next steps for the UK CCC ‘COP26 concluded with a material increase in ambitions to reduce emissions across the world and the launch of a raft of new initiatives and sector […]
09 Dec 2021
Aligning climate finance for an equitable & sustainable net zero future – COP26 Universities Network Briefing Managing the climate crisis and pensions Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency speaking at the Investment & Pensions Europe Conference & Awards, 2 December 2021 This year, the IPE conference and awards comes hot on the heels […]
07 Dec 2021
Bob Earll The Cambo oil field decision was one of those issues that dogged UK Government throughout the COP26 process. How could they on the one hand encourage others to stop extracting fossil fuels and on the other be supporting Cambo. This decision by Shell, coming as it does after COP26, is seen in very […]
23 Nov 2021
The EEA’s new ‘Europe’s changing climate hazards’ is an interactive report that gives an overview of past and projected changes in Europe’s most important climate hazards and how they impact European regions. The EEA report is especially valuable for policymakers and experts concerned with climate risk assessment and adaptation planning in Europe. EU Member States can also use the information to […]
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