The European Commission (EC) has identified a green economy as a key opportunity for a ‘job-rich’ recovery in Europe in proposals announced yesterday (18 April), with future water challenges helping job creation.

 

A new international report, published today by Foresight, reveals that the major challenges associated with migration and environmental change have been underestimated.

By focusing solely on those that might leave vulnerable areas, the report says there is a risk of neglecting both the people who will be ‘trapped’ and those that will actually move towards danger.

Arctic sea ice extent appears to have reached its second lowest minimum since records began, according to the latest figures from the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in the US.

 

Water industry regulator Ofwat has published its report to Defra on climate change adaptation.

The Committee on Climate Change has warned the Government that the UK water sector is near its limits in coping with climate change in its newly-published second progress report.

The Committee on Climate Change, the UK Government’s independent advisors on tackling and preparing for climate change has said that the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions rose 3% in 2010 and that more needs to be done to meet official government targets.

Drainage and degradation of coastal wetlands emit significant amounts of carbon dioxide directly to the atmosphere and lead to decreased carbon sequestration, a new World Bank report has found.

The first round of United Nations (UN) climate change negotiations since the Cancun summit in December, being held in Bangkok from April 3-8, will start on the work plan agreed at Cancun for 2011.

Roads, railways, energy and water supply networks and other infrastructure all need to be able to cope with the effects of a changing climate. The first batch in a series of reports produced by organisations which maintain national infrastructure and published by Defra today set out potential risks and solutions – with flooding, coastal and river erosion among the key risks.

 

 

Investors responsible for the management of US$15 trillion funds have issued a statement calling for policies to unlock the vast potential of low-carbon markets and avoid economic devastation caused by climate change.