Commission Archives - Ocean and Coastal Futures

18 Nov 2021

National Infrastructure Commission pinpoints strategic gaps in water and flooding infrastructure planning

The National Infrastructure Commission has announced the topics that will sit at the heart of its next major assessment of the UK’s long term infrastructure priorities, to be published in 2023, following analysis of the current performance of key sectors. The priorities include a study on improving asset management within the flood protection, water and wastewater sectors. The baseline […]

07 Dec 2019

‘Waiting for science’ – Toothless EU Commission fail once again to take measures to protect channel cetaceans.

Marine News

The European Commission said today that it will not take emergency measures this winter to tackle the tragic death of dolphins caught in fishing nets. Last winter, around 1200 cetaceans – almost all identified as common dolphins – washed ashore along the French Atlantic coast. 85 percent of these dolphins died after being caught up in […]

06 Jun 2018

Slight improvement in nitrate levels across Europe

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The European Commission has published its latest implementation report on the Nitrate Directive. It shows only a slight improvement in agricultural nitrates pollution. The report concludes that nitrate levels in groundwater and surface freshwaters have “slightly improved” since 2008. Nitrates were still above 50 mg/l at over 13% of monitoring stations 2012-2015, compared to 14% […]