ICE President and WSP executive director Rachel Skinner has revealed her thoughts on whether the construction sector can achieve the government’s carbon net zero target by 2050, during her appearance on The Engineers Collective.
Joining hosts Claire Smith and Nadine Buddoo on the podcast, Skinner sets out the actions the industry…
Megaprojects pose a "rising threat" to world forests, according to a report conducted by research network the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF).
The NYDF Progress Assessment says that the “pace of large-scale infrastructure development and natural resource extraction” is increasing across tropical forest regions. It adds: “The gravest risk to…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s 10 Point Plan for a “green industrial revolution” – announced yesterday – is “pretty vague” about the future of big nuclear energy projects and disappointing for the mini nuclear industry, according to Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit head of analysis Jonathan Marshall.
In the plan, Johnson backed…
Network Rail has revealed new science-based targets to tackle global warming.
The company is the first railway to aim to limit warming to 1.5°C – below the 2 degrees scientists declared necessary to meet the Paris Agreement. Chief executive Andrew Haines emphasised that rail is “the cleanest and greenest mode of transporting…
Transport funding should be shifted from projects that increase carbon emissions towards low and zero carbon schemes, according to a new report which has been backed by Transport Committee MPs.
The Transport Planning Society report - Transport planning for a sustainable future: the State of the Nations 2020 – says that…
A £2.1M scheme to improve the storage and transfer of fresh water is helping Halvergate Marshes adapt to climate change.
Halvergate Marshes is an environmentally designated area within the Broads National Park west of Yarmouth in Norfolk. Sprawling across 1,069ha, the land nestles between the Rivers Bure to the north and…
Global warming is real, and we can see it in the changing UK climate. The country has seen its top 10 warmest years over the last two decades. February 2020 was the wettest on record for England, Wales and Northern Ireland; while the hottest day on record reaching 38.7°C was…
Network Rail has set electrification targets as part of its new Environmental Sustainability Strategy which sets out how the rail operator will think, plan and manage railways in the coming decades.
Revolving around four core priorities the new plan will aim to turn the UK rail network into a low emission…
Rail has a key role to play in the helping the UK reach zero carbon, according to Railway Industry Association policy director Kate Jennings.
At a Westminster Policy Forum, Jennings expressed disappointment that the government’s Net Zero Carbon Taskforce – launched in June last year – doesn’t currently have a rail representative.…
Tackling climate change can be central to the government’s long awaited National Infrastructure Strategy and achieving the goal of net zero emissions by 2050, says the ICE. The strategy is due to be published in the autumn. The ICE says it should include a clear plan for transitioning the UK’s…
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