17 Dec 2019

Carbon Brief  ‘This year’s annual UN climate conference, COP25 in Madrid, became the longest on record when it concluded after lunch on Sunday, following more than two weeks of fraught negotiations. It had been scheduled to wrap up on Friday. Nearly 27,000 delegates arrived in the Spanish capital in early December aiming to finalise the “rulebook” of […]

17 Dec 2019

BBC ‘An £8bn barrage across Morecambe Bay has sparked renewed division among councillors. The barrage and bridge would span Morecambe Bay between Barrow in Cumbria and Heysham in Lancashire. It was first discussed in 2004. Barrow Council Labour member Beverly Morgan said it would “kill” the town. However, Conservative councillor Alan Pemberton said it was […]

11 Dec 2019

New CIRIA guidance ‘Delivering better water management through the planning system (C787)’ showcases good planning policies and critical success factors necessary to deliver better environmental, social and economic outcomes, guiding practitioners through the processes that underpin their delivery. Download the free guidance outputs from here. FREE DOWNLOAD: Add to cart and check out to receive […]

11 Dec 2019

Anglian Water funds 850 capital investment projects through Green Bonds Since it announced its first Green Bond in 2017, Anglian Water has funded a remarkable 850 capital investment projects through financing from Green Bonds totalling £811 million. The water company is leading the way in green financing with five Green Bonds now in operation and a […]

11 Dec 2019

Defra:  ‘ENV09 – England biodiversity indicators A strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services, biodiversity 2020 indicators: 2019 assessment. In December 2019, this dataset was updated in order to correct an error in indicator 13 and to reflect the availability of new data for indicators 2b, 4c and 19. The revised dataset supersedes the earlier […]

11 Dec 2019

This Policy Position Statement (PPS) explains the importance of soils and the threats which they face. It recommends actions to address these threats. Concerted action is needed to protect soils. Their needs should be reflected in the policies and actions of all relevant stakeholders, both private and public. CIWEM supports the implementation of the 25 […]

11 Dec 2019

Accelerating Greenland ice melt set to see 100 million people flooded each year A team of international scientists is warning that Greenland is losing ice faster than in the 1990s – the rate of ice loss has risen from 33 billion tonnes per year in the 1990s to 254 billion tonnes per year in the last […]