Defence Committee report flags up gaps and challenges in MOD approach to climate change and carbon emissions
The House of Commons Defence Committee has today published its report “Defence and Climate Change” – the report finds that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) “can do much more to measure and reduce its emissions – without eroding military capability.”
Climate change - researchers warn new Antarctic extremes ‘virtually certain’ as world warms
Extreme events in Antarctica such as ocean heatwaves and ice loss will almost certainly become more common and more severe, researchers say.
Bam Nuttall awarded £31 million-plus contract for Aberaeron Harbour coastal defence construction scheme
Cyngor Sir Ceredigion County Council has awarded Bam Nuttall the contract for the Aberaeron Harbour coastal defence construction scheme with an estimated total value of £31.59 million.
Met Office warns record breaking 2022 could be norm by middle of the century and relatively cool by the end
The latest Met Office ‘State of the UK Climate’ report is warning that 2022 was a record-breaking year for weather and is a sign of the UK’s changing climate.
Environment Agency Chair set to stress need to build and maintain strong flood defences
Environment Agency Chair Alan Lovell will today stress the importance of building and maintaining strong defences to reduce the risk of flooding in a speech to leaders in flood risk management.
Mott MacDonald and Fathom in new partnership to improve global flood and climate change risk awareness
Mott MacDonald, the US$2 billion engineering, management and development consultancy, is partnering with Fathom, a global leader in flood risk intelligence to support the delivery of improved flood risk and resilience assessments for infrastructure projects.
WMO State of the Global Climate report warns of continuous advance of climate change worldwide
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released the State of the Global Climate report 2022, highlighting the continuous advance of climate change from mountain peaks to ocean depths.
Study finds warming Atlantic waters threaten previously stable glaciers - a once-stable Greenland glacier is rapidly disappearing
A new study has found that as climate change causes ocean temperatures to rise, one of Greenland’s previously most stable glaciers is now retreating at an unprecedented rate.
New study warns rapid acceleration of global sea level rise imminent above 1.8℃ global warming
A new study published in Nature Communications by an international team of scientists shows that an irreversible loss of the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, and a corresponding rapid acceleration of sea level rise, may be imminent if global temperature change cannot be stabilized below 1.8°C, relative to the preindustrial levels.
Environment Agency launches campaign urging Grimsby residents to be flood aware
The Environment Agency has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of actions Grimsby residents can take to prepare for flooding – 15 years on since the town flooded in summer 2007 and 70 years on from the east coast storm surge.