Environment

In today’s edition: Emissions Trading System, critical raw materials, cows Source link

The EA said it had published a 10-point plan to tackle waste crime, outlining how it would act earlier to address illegal activity and deliver more consistent enforcement action. This will include setting up a new Operational Waste Intelligence and Analysis Unit “to hunt down waste criminals using every tool available – from aerial surveillance…

In last week’s Green Focus column, I asked why, when so many of us think that the environment is important, we see so little evidence of changing lifestyles, writes Henry Haslam. One possible answer, which deserves to be knocked on the head from the start, lies in the thinking that you can’t expect people to…

Total of over £339,000 awarded across 24 community projects nationwide.  Community groups across Scotland have received a share of over £339K as part of the Healthy Planet, Healthy People project run by the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Williamson Trust. These awards enable and encourage knowledge exchange and collaborative research practices amongst and between…

Minister Angela Eagle reveals that Whitehall’s environment department has examined the use of new tech for ‘comparative analysis between the UK and partner jurisdictions and to support briefing and correspondence’ The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has explored the possibility of deploying artificial intelligence technology to support the work of officials drafting policy…

The world is on track to significantly exceed the 1.5-degree limit of warming, a critical threshold where multiple climate tipping points become more likely than not. In the UK, we are now living in one of the most nature depleted countries in the world. We also have emerging health crises related to the prevalence of…

Shipping moves the world, keeping economies functioning, societies supplied and people connected. Posidonia brings together in Greece, home to the world’s leading shipping nation, the international maritime community, highlighting the strategic importance of an industry that does not merely transport goods and energy, but safeguards the very functioning of the modern world. In the current…

The Environment and Climate Change Committee has published its report, ‘Surviving drought: reclaim the rain’, which calls for urgent action to improve drought planning and monitoring, invest in water storage infrastructure at all scales, reform abstraction licensing to increase flexibility, and engage in a whole of society approach to reducing water demand. Source link

During an address Andrew Muir also reaffirmed his strong support for an Independent Environmental Protection Agency. Source link

A new report that will feed into the upcoming UK Climate Change Assessment, supported by Loughborough University expertise, has warned that episodes containing multiple high-intensity weather events will increase. The UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) is the Government’s statutory, evidence‑based review of how climate change is affecting the UK today and how it is…