24 Jun 2025
Image description: A person holding out their hands palms up, covered with a thick coating of black oil after an oil spill in the Niger delta. Image by Jerry Chidi / Climate Visuals. The UK High Court recently delivered a milestone judgement for environmental justice: Shell (and its former Nigerian subsidiary) can be held […]
21 Jun 2025
BIICL Short Course: Law of the Sea – Online Starts 26 September 2025 The course provides an insightful overview of the international law of the sea and the pressing challenges confronting the world’s oceans and seas. Led by experts from both academia and practice, participants will gain a robust working understanding of the main sources […]
19 Jun 2025
Image description: Water droplet hitting the surface of water and rippling out. Image by Claudia from Pixabay POST releases updated report POST, the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, published a POSTnote on Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The report characterises the issues with PFAS, including the uses, environmental impacts, and opportunities for innovation […]
19 Jun 2025
Photo by Marijn Flapper on Unsplash The latest report from the Ofwat Innovation Fund identifies the challenges and opportunities for nature-based solutions in the water sector. The From source to sea: harnessing nature for whole catchment innovation report is the fourth in the Ofwat Innovation Fund’s learning report series. The new report focuses on […]
19 Jun 2025
Image by Jonathan Bean, Un In their new report National Framework for Water Resources 2025: water for growth, nature and a resilient future, the Environment Agency is warning that England faces a 5 billion litre a day shortage in our public water supplies by 2055 – unless urgent action is taken. The report, published […]
19 Jun 2025
Image description: River running through stones. Photo by kazuend on Unsplash The Environment Department (Defra) said more than £100 million in fines and penalties levied on water firms for breaches such as illegal sewage spills since October 2023, as well as future fines, will be reinvested in projects to clean up England’s waters. The […]
19 Jun 2025
Image description: Wide shot of the houses of Parliament. Image by Dominika Gregušová / Pexels. A report from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) select committee has said bonuses and dividends for water company bosses and shareholders should be approved by the regulator Ofwat before they are paid, as billpayer funds are being […]
17 Jun 2025
Professional Certificate in Exploration, Assessment, Development, Extraction and Management of Sand and Gravel Resources The Crown Estate manages the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland. They take an active approach to managing this natural asset in a sustainable and effective manner including the award of agreements for sand and gravel extraction, agreements for cable […]
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