27 Aug 2019

The Science and Technology Committee has highlighted the lack of Government policies in place to deliver the net zero target by 2050 and recommends 10 steps the Government should take to meet this legally binding target. Read the full report Read the report summary Read the report conclusions and recommendations The Committee welcomes the Government’s […]

15 Aug 2019

A measure to meet the target of a carbon neutral water industry by 2030 (continue) Clear multiple benefits highlighted (continue) Water UK: ‘English Water companies in England have today announced ambitious plans to plant 11 million trees, part of a wider commitment to improve the natural environment, to support their goal of achieving a carbon […]

13 Aug 2019

Alaska’s sea ice has melted The exceptionally warm summer has left no sea ice within 150 miles of the Alaskan coast. Long-time Arctic researcher Jeremy Mathis told Mashable “I’m losing the ability to communicate the magnitude [of change]. I’m running out of adjectives to describe the scope of change we’re seeing.” Greenland heat wave amplify […]

13 Aug 2019

BusinessGreen “We need to gear policy more towards human ways of decision-making behaviour rather than the hypothetical actor,” argued Toby Park, head of energy and sustainability at the Behavioural Insights Team.   But what might this mean in practice? How can businesses and policymakers convince people not only that reducing their greenhouse gas emissions is a […]

08 Aug 2019

Met office climate report 2018 The Met Office have published their annual State of the UK Climate report for 2018. Some of its key findings are: Nine of the 10 warmest years for the UK have occurred since 2002 and all the top 10 warmest years have occurred since 1990. The most recent decade (2008–2017) […]

30 Jul 2019

Communicating Climate impacts through adaptation About the Women’s Institute and their Climate Ambassadors The National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI, www.theWI.org.uk) is an educational, social, nonparty political and non-sectarian organisation. Founded in 1915, the NFWI is the largest voluntary women’s membership organisation in the UK with some 220,000 members in over 6,300 Institutes across England, […]

30 Jul 2019

Deep-sea mining ‘precautionary pause’ and closure of one-third of the ocean among eight urgent measures needed in the next decade to preserve life-supporting ocean function Ocean heating 40% faster than even recently predicted – ratchet effects of some changes could be ‘irreversible’ London – 24th July 2019 – A new scientific Paper says eight urgent, […]