This review has been prepared for the Defra Marine Litter Policy Team to provide a summary of evidence of relevance in addressing marine plastic pollution, to identify evidence gaps and make recommendations for further work to support policy development. This review has been prepared for the Defra Marine Litter Policy team in order to provide […]
Last week we covered the Climate Change Committee’s 2020 report to Parliament. Recently, the Committee also set out its recommendations for a resilient recovery from Covid-19 (published May) and (last week) on the coverage of Environmental Land Management Scheme in letters to the Prime Minister, and Defra, respectively. On the green recovery, the CCC’s recommendations […]
1. Outline This is the Committee’s 2020 report to Parliament, assessing progress in reducing UK emissions over the past year. This year, the report includes new advice to the UK Government on securing a green and resilient recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic. It recommends that Ministers seize the opportunity to turn the COVID-19 crisis into […]
Defra ‘Consultation to run for 12 weeks, seeking views on how to increase tree planting and tree and woodland management. • Trees are a unique natural asset that play a crucial role in combating the biodiversity and climate crises we face. • The government’s environmental programme will play its full part as we build back […]
This is government’s annual account of how it has implemented its commitments for protecting and improving the environment. It is our second account of progress since we published the 25 Year Environment Plan, our plan for improving the environment within a generation. Our 25 Year Environment Plan is a living blueprint for the environment covering […]
A succinct summary of how the government view their progress on many key policy and legislative areas and issues like the 25 year plan, Net zero, Net Gain, Office for Environmental protection and much more. Defra ‘The government is extremely grateful for the expert advice the Natural Capital Committee (NCC) has provided in its seventh […]
New working group includes a range of water companies and experts across the UK Published 12 June 2020 Defra: Sewage monitoring is being established across the UK as part of an advance warning system to detect new outbreaks of coronavirus. The new approach is based on recent research findings that fragments of genetic material (RNA) […]
There have been many reports, reviews, inquiries and calls for HPMAs in UK waters. The latest in this long line was a review commissioned in 2019 by the then Environment Secretary, Michael Gove. Published on World Oceans Day, the review recommends the introduction of HPMAs as essential for marine protection and recovery, total protection for […]