Extreme weather and other possible scenarios that lead to environmental decline could have a significant impact on UK jobs and the economy if left unchecked, and must be factored into governmental and business decisions, according to a new WWF report that uses new risk mapping techniques to look at the cost of inaction by 2050. […]
Freedom-of-information data reveals threat of drought that would devastate wildlife, with government slow to act on water management. WWF & Guardian A quarter of England’s rivers are at risk of running dry, with devastating consequences for wildlife, according to data obtained by WWF under freedom of information rules. Fish are most obviously affected when rivers slow […]
A cross party group of MPs, including the current Water Minister Therese Coffey, Sports Minister Tracey Crouch and former Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon, attended a chalk stream discovery day on the River Itchen last week to learn about problems facing all rivers and in particular the English chalk streams. These unique habitats are under […]
New WWF & US AID report on using nature to manage rising flood risk Leading environmental organisation WWF has published a new report setting out an integrated framework for flood management, drawing on policy, green infrastructure and conventional engineering to help communities adapt and better manage growing flood risk. Introducing the report “Natural and Nature-Based Flood Management: […]
House of Lords EU Energy & Environment Sub-committee Fisheries and Brexit – Report published Report: Brexit: fisheries (HTML) Report: Brexit: fisheries (PDF) The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has published its report highlighting some of the opportunities and challenges related to managing shared fish stocks following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. In […]
Environmental NGOs Oceana, Seas At Risk and WWF have urged the European Commission to be rigorous in its assessment of member states’ performance on protecting their oceans, and on member states to fulfil their obligations to protect those areas that are home to Europe’s most threatened marine life. The call comes ahead of this week’s […]
Two perspectives on marine planning the first from Alec Taylor of WWF-UK on the need for more ambition, and the second illustrating the recognition being given to MSP on a global scale by the industry body the World Ocean Council. 1. Marine planning needs to be more ambitious in 2016 Alec Taylor Blog WWF-UK – […]
Three articles The Natural Capital Committee now has this peculiar role – an ‘independent’ quango – but charged with, among other things producing a 25 year plan for the environment. Despite their last three reports and pronouncements, their effectiveness at influencing Government policies for the benefit of the environment is yet to be demonstrated – […]