The Environment Agency’s Climate Change impacts and adaptation report (2018) highlighted that it may not be cost effective to protect or adapt some of England’s coastline as currently planned. Some coastal flood defences may possibly fail as sea levels rise, meaning some currently defended land may not continue to be defended from flooding in the […]
Climate change could make insurance too expensive! Insurers are warning that their products could become unaffordable for ordinary people, as the world’s biggest reinsurance firm puts the blame for the £18bn bill it faces from the California wildfires firmly on global warming. Munich Re’s chief climatologist (yes, they do employ one of them) told the […]
This newsletter – sign up here provides an important oversight to global changes on climate change. Five of the articles carried in the latest edition include: 2018 was the 4th hottest year on record for the globe Ice shelves buckle under the weight of meltwater lakes 2018’s billion-dollar disasters in context Warm temperatures and significant […]
The school strike for climate change Friday 15th saw a remarkable event with school children across Europe taking a stand on climate change Temperature anomalies 1887 – 2017 – John Curtin Environment Agency 15th February On a day filled with climate debate & action spend just 37 seconds watching this. Temperature anomalies for every nation […]
Guardian ‘Continuation of civilisation is in your hands,’ Attenborough tells world leaders – video The collapse of civilisation and the natural world is on the horizon, Sir David Attenborough has told the UN climate change summit in Poland. The naturalist was chosen to represent the world’s people in addressing delegates of almost 200 nations who are in […]
Standing on the shoulders of giants in a rising sea Emma Howard Boyd speech to the Global Engineering Congress London, 24 October 2018 to the Global Engineering Congress – 24th October 2018 at ICE (continue) Thank you and good afternoon. This year, marks 200 years since the founding of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Now, […]
The 73rd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is taking place in London this week. On the agenda is consideration of setting a cap of ship speeds to significantly reduce their contribution to climate change, support for implementation of the new lower 0.50% limit on Sulphur in […]
Reaction to last week’s major new climate change report from the IPPC has varied from the hopeful to the absurd. The Executive Director of the Aldersgate Group highlights the opportunities that stem from the “ambitious plan of action” that is needed to deliver on the challenge faced. The pro-fracking government deflected its response by asking […]