30 Mar 2016
Costs of winter floods to infrastructure and Local Government – LGA
Winter flooding: Nearly £250 million damage caused to roads and bridges, new survey reveals LGA media release 25 March 2016 Nearly £250 million in damage was caused to key infrastructure like roads, bridges, public rights of way, and drainage systems by this winter’s flooding, new research reveals. A snapshot analysis by the Local Government Association […]
30 Mar 2016
Use of Freshwater Resources – Revised Indicator – EEA
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published a new indicator assessment examining the use of freshwater resources across Europe. The EEA indicator assessment Use of freshwater resources shows that while water is generally abundant in Europe, water scarcity and droughts continue to affect some regions, especially those that are densely populated and have high demands for […]
30 Mar 2016
Linking Extreme weather events to climate change: Scientists’ thinking
Climate change experts always warn of exceptional weather and earlier this year we highlighted this in relation to the northern floods and rainfall levels. This set of five articles outlines how thinking is changing on: 1 & 2 How scientists are attributing exceptional weather events to climate change 3 – 5 Cover more extremes: global temperatures […]
30 Mar 2016
Water Governance in Cities: OECD reports
With the Davos conference highlighting the major challenges posed by water security and larger numbers of people living in cities this is a timely report assessing the trends. OECD ‘Urban, demographic and climate trends are increasingly exposing cities to risks of having too little, too much and too polluted water. Facing these challenges requires robust […]
30 Mar 2016
Air Quality: A key benchmark of Government’s Environmental Performance
Despite a raft of warnings from many bodies Defra continues to do very little to resolve the fundamentals issues surrounding air quality. ClientEarth who have a track record in bringing cases that force change in Government policy have issued a formal warning. The EFRA committee have already signalled their concern with an inquiry. ClientEarth has […]
30 Mar 2016
Beavers in Scotland: A report to Scottish Government from SNH
SNH: This report draws on 20 years of work on beavers in Scotland, as well as experience from elsewhere in Europe and North America. It provides a comprehensive summary of existing knowledge and offers four future beaver scenarios for Ministers to consider. It covers a wide range of topics, including beaver interactions with the natural […]
29 Mar 2016
New Marine Monitoring Method finder launched – JNCC
New Marine Monitoring Method finder launched Try out the latest tool developed by JNCC to meet the needs of the UK’s marine monitoring community: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-7171. The Marine Monitoring Method Finder has been designed by JNCC to reduce the time and effort it takes to search for the right methods to give you the best monitoring […]
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