23 Nov 2021

The focus of this paper is on Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus at a domestic level and how it presents both a challenge and an opportunity. The challenge is the contribution of water and energy to greenhouse gas (GHG emissions); the opportunity is to provide solutions, such as the 50L home, as a building block to signicantly reduce […]

23 Nov 2021

Bob Earll In the aftermath of COP26 it is the text of the final agreement that needs to be assessed as the main output. This is the Nov 13th version COP26 Glasgow Climate Pact https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/cma2021_L16_adv.pdf Glasgow Climate Pact – Washington Post – This is an annotated version of the Glasgow Climate Pact final text and […]

23 Nov 2021

Jan Brooke ‘Are Sediments your thing? Concerned about the Climate Emergency? Want to take Climate Action? Take a look at the COP26 Sediment Management Pledge launched in Glasgow last week by SedNet and Navigating a Changing Climate – see https://sednet.org/climate-change-and-sediment-management-pledge/ and join the forward-looking organisations that have already signed up.  Do you share our ambitions? […]

16 Nov 2021

The final agreement  The final agreement Sharma & Johnson – Post COP26 press conference COP26 Glasgow Climate Pact – Press Release    UK COP site COP26 Glasgow Climate Pact Guardian Summary Commentary: Celebrations and Recriminations Business Green – James Murray Chris Packham is angry In covering the COP26 conference in its vast complexity some points have […]

10 Nov 2021

Business Green commentary on the draft final agreement https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4040050/cop26-draft-text-calls-nations-end-fossil-fuel-subsidies-strengthen-climate-plans BBC COP26: Draft deal calls for stronger carbon cutting targets by end of 2022 Countries are being urged to strengthen their carbon-cutting targets by the end of 2022 in a draft agreement published at the COP26 Glasgow climate summit. The document says vulnerable nations must get […]

09 Nov 2021

Ocean Stewardship Coalition Our ocean holds several solutions to address the twin crises of biodiversity and climate change. To unlock this potential, a ‘climate-smart’ approach to the ocean is increasingly vital. This blueprint puts forward six key steps to unlock a climate-smart ocean to meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature goal. Each step has clearly […]

03 Nov 2021

Drought risk in the Anthropocene: from the Jaws of Death to the Waters of Life Sir James Bevan – Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, at a Royal Society Conference, 19 October 2021. ‘Thank you. Let me start with a disclaimer: I’m heavily outgunned by the expertise here today. Some of what I’m about to […]