22 Sep 2020
Back in 2010 in their report to government, the ’Making Space for Nature’ panel advocated “bigger, better and more joined up spaces for nature”. Click here. Ten years on, the panel of nature conservation experts, academics and land managers led by Professor Sir John Lawton has written to the Prime Minister calling for immediate action […]
15 Sep 2020
From Defra The chief executives of fifteen water companies met today (8 September) with Environment Minister Rebecca Pow, who challenged them to do more to protect the environment and safeguard our water supplies. Representatives from Ofwat, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Water UK, The Consumer Council for Water (CCWater) and the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) […]
15 Sep 2020
The impact of climate change on asset deterioration Sets out new information and methods to understand the possible impacts of a changing climate on deterioration of flood defence assets. Climate change is a huge challenge for flood risk management. This report sets out new information and methods to understand the possible impacts of a changing […]
15 Sep 2020
Rethinking infrastructure and cities for a Covid-19 world: A UKCRIC prospectus UKCRIC (UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities) sets out its approach to managing the impacts of the pandemic as it relates to infrastructure and cities research. This report sets out UKCRIC’s approach to managing the impacts of the pandemic as it relates […]
15 Sep 2020
The first UK-wide citizens’ assembly on climate change, Climate Assembly UK, has published its final report, setting out a clear, internally consistent and timely path for how the UK can reach its legally binding target of net zero emissions by 2050. Six Select Committees of the House of Commons commissioned the citizens’ assembly to understand […]
15 Sep 2020
From the CBI Speaking at the CBI’s first virtual Net-Zero Conference, Director-General Dame Carolyn Fairbairn (Monday) will say the UK must become a global leader in climate action to create new green jobs and lift productivity post-pandemic. Launching the CBI’s Green Recovery Roadmap, Carolyn will say “action speaks a thousand times louder than words” – […]
14 Sep 2020
The Fisheries Bill provides a framework for fisheries management after the Brexit transition period ends and the UK is no longer part of the Common Fisheries Policy. It is intended to underpin the UK’s management of fisheries as an independent coastal state. One of the successful amendments introduced during the Report stage in the House […]
14 Sep 2020
A warning from RSPB that that efforts to protect Britain’s wildlife have suffered a “lost decade” because of a failure to meet targets agreed in the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The RSPB said the UK was failing on goals to protect land and sea habitats and reverse the slide towards extinction for threatened species […]
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