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06 Apr 2016

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Six professional bodies, led by CIWEM, representing 150,000 built environment professionals, including civil engineers, architects and environmental experts called on Lords to support a sustainable drainage amendment in the Housing and Planning Bill to improve the UK’s resilience to flooding. The amendment received cross-party support but unfortunately was not adopted at the Committee Stage. We […]

06 Apr 2016

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Two reports highlighting the growing evidence for natural solutions and upstream thinking Flooding alleviated by targeted tree planting and river restoration A study by an international team of scientists, led by the Universities of Birmingham and Southampton, has shown that strategic planting of trees on floodplains could reduce the height of flooding in towns downstream […]

06 Apr 2016

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Research commissioned by the Environment Agency predicts that eutrophication in rivers will increase with climate change, but can be mitigated with better water management. It sets out a national scale picture of flow related changes in phosphorus concentrations and indicates where the Agency may need to target intervention to meet phosphorus standards in the future. […]

06 Apr 2016

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A case study of how the Greater Chicago District is facing this challenge with an ambitious plan and mix of reducing energy consumption and increasing production of renewable energy. Perhaps the message from this is setting the goal in the first place.

04 Apr 2016

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Thanks to Peter Jones for the information on this. Only related to 10% MPA target but this is a UN call to action and scientists’ consensus statement to support this call? From March 7-9, 2016, the Government of Italy, the Ocean Sanctuary Alliance and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) organized an international conference to support […]

04 Apr 2016

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The final push to complete the English marine plans is underway, and a very different process is making progress in Scotland (see below) MMO ‘The Marine Management Organisation is starting the next phase of marine plans, developing plans for the North East, North West, South East and South West. Marine plans guide what happens in […]

04 Apr 2016

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The new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point is a critical pillar of UK energy policy not least is setting a benchmark against which other projects like tidal lagoons are being priced. The very obvious and public problems that EDF, the French and UK Governments are going through against the backdrop of EU referendum continue […]

04 Apr 2016

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Marine Scotland: ‘Marine recreation and tourism expenditure in Scotland is estimated to amount to £3.7 billion per year, according to a new report. The Scottish Marine Recreation and Tourism Survey shows that £1.3 billion of expenditure comes from specialist marine activities including wildlife watching, sailing, kayaking, surfing and angling with expenditure on general recreation and […]