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Met Office Climate Dashboard
The climate is a complex system and it is changing fast. It can be hard to keep track of what is going on. The Met Office has put together a dashboard which gathers together the key indicators of climate... Read More...
MMO South Marine Plan 3 year report
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is pleased to announce that the first Three-Year Report on the South Marine Plan was published by Defra on 14 July 2021. The South Marine Plan was adopted in July 2018. The publication of the Report marks the conclusion of over 12 months of... Read More...
MPs Urge Supermarkets to Scrap Plastic Packaging
Two hundred cross-party MPs are calling on heads of the major supermarkets to eliminate plastic packaging from their products by 2023. The MPs, who are from seven political parties, have written to Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Waitrose, Aldi, Lidl, Budgens... Read More...
National Bus Strategy
The Campaign for Better Transport has produced a report showing that once again funding for buses has decreased, with 243 services around the country having been lost or reduced in the past year. But next year could be different:... Read More...
National Drought Group
Summer 2022 followed a trend towards hotter drier summers. Record breaking temperatures exceeded 40C for the first time and for many parts of England it was the driest summer on record. Drought conditions remained across most of the country... Read More...
National Flood Resilience Review
Following the devastating effects of record rainfall and extreme flood events last winter, the government has issued a national flood resilience review to assess how the country can be better protected from future flooding and extreme weather events. The stress testing... Read More...
National Planning Policy Framework
The final version of the National Planning Policy Framework for England has now been published. The document sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied. It sets out the Government’s requirements for... Read More...
Natural England new corporate strategy
Natural England launched a new strategy for growth, health and security at the end of 2025. The strategy highlights climate change as a growing risk to marine ecosystems and seafood supply. It commits to ecosystem‑based management of seas, restoring... Read More...
Nature Towns & Cities
Millions of people living in urban areas lack vital access to nature and green space. Nature Towns and Cities will tackle this by helping local authorities work together with communities and partners to bring nature into every neighbourhood for... Read More...
New Climate Economy
The new climate economy report, 'Better Growth, Better Climate', by The Global Commission on the Economy & Climate is a major assessment, commissioned by governments and written by world-leading experts. It considers how best to achieve prosperity and development at... Read More...
New Director at Chichester Harbour
Keen sailor, Siun Cranny, has been appointed to head Chichester Harbour Conservancy. Siun, will take on this newly created role to lead the well established team at the Harbour Office. Following the untimely... Read More...
New Fisheries Fund
The European Maritime & Fisheries Fund (EMFF) is the fund for the EU’s maritime and fisheries policies for 2014 – 2020. It is one of the five European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds which complement each other and seek to... Read More...
NOC Storms & Waves UK Report
Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have authored a report for the UK Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) that shows how UK seas could see significantly higher waves and stronger storms as a result of climate... Read More...
North Solent Shoreline Management Plan Consultation
The Draft North Solent Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) public consultation aims to encourage greater public knowledge of the coastal issues facing the Solent over the next 100 years whilst providing stakeholders and the general public with the opportunity to... Read More...
North Solent SMP
Final approval has now been given to the North Solent Shoreline Management Plan by the Environment Agency . This is the final piece of documentation needed to conclude the SMP process, and is further to recent approval by Defra stating... Read More...
Ocean Plastic
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, together with The Prince of Wales’s International Sustainability Unit, have today announced the launch of the $2 million New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize. The Prize which is funded by Wendy Schmidt as Lead Philanthropic Partner... Read More...