Tens of thousands of homes and businesses across England will be better protected from the devastating impact of flooding with investment to construct new flood schemes and upgrade existing flood defences, the Environment Agency announced today (Tuesday 17 March). More than 600 projects will be funded to help better protect tens of thousands of homes…
Monetary policy and interest rates The monetary policy of the ECB and the Fed is one of the anchors of the scenario. The euro area has on-target inflation and a multi-directional balance of risks – from supply disruptions (global supply chains, extreme weather events, energy prices) to trade tensions and China’s redirection of exports towards…
The Environment Agency has launched a major procurement exercise worth an estimated £6.6bn including VAT to deliver engineering and environmental asset work across England over the next decade. The Collaborative Delivery Framework 2 (CDF2) will cover a wide range of asset management activities – from flood and coastal risk management to navigation, water, land and…
The Environment Agency has launched procurement for its second Collaborative Delivery Framework, an eight-year agreement worth up to £5.5bn for flood, coastal, navigation and environmental works across England. The framework, known as CDF2, will cover strategy, appraisal, design, technical support and construction work across the agency’s asset base. It will be used for nature-based schemes…
By Dave Bell, Principal Officer: Health & the Environment, Natural England Spending time in nature is essential for good health. As studies continue to show the profound benefits of nature and outdoor activity for public health, the Healthy Outdoors guide has been created to address a critical evidence gap: the need for consistent, comparable evaluation of outdoor interventions. …
The European Commission launched a four-week call for evidence today (17 March) to support a review and targeted revision of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the main EU law for protecting and improving the status of Europe’s waters. As announced in the RESourceEU Action Plan, the Commission is accelerating its efforts to secure the EU’s supply of…
Extreme heat in 2023 fuelled devastating wildfires in Greece SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty Images Temperatures over the past three years have been even higher than expected, provoking a debate among scientists. Almost everyone agrees that global warming has accelerated. But some researchers say it is speeding up even more than climate models show, while others…
Van Amersfoort Racing’s Rafael Villagómez enjoyed a strong end to 2025 and was unfortunate to miss out on carrying his point-scoring streak on in Melbourne earlier this month. The Mexican driver wound up P11 on Sunday in Australia, but showed strong pace to work his way up the order. Ahead of the weekend, he sat…
New powers will allow Environment Agency officers to intervene earlier and bring more criminals to justice Under a new zero-tolerance approach, the government is looking to expand powers under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) as well as the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) and other legislation to the Environment Agency and its…
The Welsh government has done it again, creating yet another environmental quango in its drive toward net zero, a target they are aiming to achieve by 2030. The Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill was recently passed by the Senedd. The legislation establishes a new framework for environmental protection and creates the Office…
