Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency speech to the Climate Action Society Published 20 February 2019 Climate Action Society, University College London, Wednesday 20 February 2019 Good evening. “I want you to panic.” This simple message came from 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg. It caught the world’s attention. It ignited Friday’s schools climate […]
The first part of the Environment Bill was published before Christmas and embodies some key elements of how we will frame our environmental activities post Brexit. The speech below by Emma Howard Boyd rightly signals why this is important to everyone working in environmental sector. Read more commentary in the Guardian assessment of the Environment […]
In the 2000s there were a number of concerns and studies on the Slapton Ley Road linking South Hams (Torcross) to the ‘Dartmouth’ end of the beach. In 2012 a Defra Coastal Pathfinder explored what would happen if the road was taken out by rising sea levels and storms. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69508/pb13720-coastal-pathfinder-review.pdf The project team held some […]
Tell us what the storms brought-in From Keith Hiscock ‘The severe easterly gales last week greatly damaged infrastructure and personal possessions (much loved boats etc.) but also washed-out a diversity of species that had been present in the shallow seas. The same sort of wash-outs happened in spring 2014 and I brought together observations from […]