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ENVIRONMENT AGENCY - ISLE OF PURBECK DIVERSE WETLANDS SCHEME 1Planning permission has been granted for The Moors at Arne, a scheme on the Isle of Purbeck to adapt approximately 150 hectares of low-lying grassland into diverse wetlands.

ENV AGENCY ORMESBY BECK TIDAL BARRAGEWork on a £750,000 Environment Agency project designed to restore parts of the natural Tees Estuary and make way for new wildlife habitats is now underway.

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE GLACIERS REPORT NOV 22Ahead of COP27, the UN climate summit which starts in Egypt in Sharm El- Sheikh this Sunday, UNESCO is warning that the accelerated melting of glaciers in 50 World Heritage sites, which are home to total of 18,600 glaciers, will see a third of them disappear by 2050.

Published in Water Issues

house of commonsAn influential Parliamentary Committee has accused the Government of dereliction of duty on UK for its ongoing failure to protect critical national infrastructure (CNI) from the increasingly serious impacts of climate change.

Published in Water Issues

FLOOD DEFENCES EXMOUTH TIDAL DEFENCE SCHEME 1The Environment Agency and East Devon District Council have spent £12 million of Government funding, building new and improving existing defences at The Royal Avenue, Camperdown Creek and The Esplanade.

FLOODEX BANNER 2022An upcoming event to be held in London in November is set to highlight the need for multi-sector partnerships and collaboration to tackle growing flood risk in the face of the accelerating impacts of climate change.

THAMES BARRIERThe Environment Agency is seeking views on protecting London and the Essex and Kent coasts that border the River Thames to shape the response to increased flood threat as climate change threatens to create higher sea levels.

CLIMATE CHANGE TIPPING POINTS - SCIENCE JOURNAL 1Multiple climate tipping points could be triggered if global temperature rises beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to a major new analysis published today in the journal Science.

Published in Energy and Carbon

ENV AGENCY FCERM STRATEGY ROADMAP MAY 2022The Environment Agency (EA) has launched a roadmap setting out practical actions to be taken over the next four years to tackle the growing threat of flooding from rivers, the sea, and surface water as well as coastal erosion.

calstock-intertidal-areaThe Environment Agency has created a new intertidal habitat at Calstock on the River Tamar in Cornwall.

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