CIWEM Policy Team

Views and updates from the Policy Team at @CIWEM, an independent professional body & charity promoting water and the environment

[Sky News @SkyNews]

On this week's #ClimateCast episode, @tomheapmedia gets exclusive access to London's super sewer, the solution to the Thames's poo problem.

Tom is also joined by @al_chisholm from @CIWEM, to ask who is going to pay to clean up UK waters.

🎧 Listen here 👉https://t.co/Ih3VQCtq4X

[Niki Roach @nikiroach.bsky.social @Niki_Roach_]

Hear @al_chisholm & I reflect on @ranil's 2 week deadline for Water Co CEOs to update him on storm overflow plans. Are storm overflows the latest political football or are we seeing progress? #planetpossible #stormoverflows #CSOs @CIWEM
https://t.co/oHNokHkezZ

[Chris Stark @StarkClimate]

Very fair and balanced thread from @hausfath

[greener magazine @KT_Environment]

BREAKING

@THECVD 55 countries most threatened by climate change demand UK host declares #GlasgowEmergencyPact:
Annual reporting to hold rich nations to +1.5˚C path
Make good “broken promise” of $100bn #adaptation finance
Put #lossAnddamage on table @COP27

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

NEW

A draft of the crucial #COP26 "cover decision" has landed – and it's not one but THREE documents, covering 14 pages & 159 paragraphs

Presidency draft: few [brackets]

1/CP.26
1/CMP.16
1/CMA.3

https://t.co/vBrLVSwN0m
https://t.co/pMWZGvLk6q
https://t.co/OJtK42yDdJ

THREAD

[CIWEM Policy Team @CIWEMpolicy]

Hear a talk through the SOEP detail by @Elliot_Gill at our Urban Drainage Group conference on 10th Nov. *last chance to BOOK - TODAY!* Don’t miss out! #sewage cleanup https://t.co/2NSBq27gCG

[Alastair Chisholm @alastairchisholm.bsky.social @al_chisholm]

Storm Overflows Evidence Project commissioned by the Storm Overflows Taskforce has been published by @DefraGovUK. Gives a breakdown of all those £Bns referred to clean up #sewage.

It's a start point on costs and v high level, water co delivery only.

https://t.co/1SwBKIOBro

[Mary Long-Dhonau OBE @floodmary]

The updated 2020 #PropertyFloodResilience EMag is now Live. New case studies and revisits to people who were #flooded in Feb 2020. Positive & inspirational stories of either not being flooded, or quick recoveries. Please retweet!
https://t.co/E6MBrRcX09

[Richard Benwell @RSBenwell]

Peers of all parties are backing #EnvironmentBill changes to curb #sewage pollution & #airpollution, and give the new #OEP & courts full freedom to enforce the law.

A parliamentary vote is called a "division", but it's wonderful to see politicians come together for what's right.

[Alastair Chisholm @alastairchisholm.bsky.social @al_chisholm]

Great report by @WildlifeTrusts. Planning principles for the climate and nature crisis age!

[Chris Stark @StarkClimate]

This is drivel from the Sunday Telegraph, who have spent the last two weeks trying to argue that we’d made a glaring mistake in our Net Zero report from 2019.

In reality we are meticulous. And the economy costs of electric vehicles have fallen since 2019.
https://t.co/IuA9HBMuiv

[Richard Benwell @RSBenwell]

Parliament has made major #EnvironmentBill improvements:
⚡️Binding interim targets
⚡️Ending exemptions for green principles
⚡️Removing undue control over the OEP
⚡️Giving courts discretion over legal remedies

These must not be put at risk by a 4th delay.

https://t.co/BBoQLmpsF9

[Faisal Islam @faisalislam]

NEW: Supply chain problems lead to Government/EA lowering regulations controlling discharge of effluent, when sewer/water cos suffer “shortage of chemicals” used to treat effluent “because of the UKs new relationship with the EU, Covid or other supply chain failures”… HT @JP_Biz

[Alastair Chisholm @alastairchisholm.bsky.social @al_chisholm]

For clarity: Floods, droughts, wildfires, storms. Roads, rail, buildings, business, supply chains, power, nature, food, health. All in the firing line, and in a worse position than last time you were warned. #COP26

[Alastair Chisholm @alastairchisholm.bsky.social @al_chisholm]

A very clear message coming out of @theCCCuk #climate change risk assessment: To all the Ministers either blissfully or consciously ignorant that this applies to you - wake up! This CCRA alarm has been going off for over a decade. Stop ignoring it. #COP26 https://t.co/IOSGiHyUVp

[Richard Benwell @RSBenwell]

This is a tremendous step forward: https://t.co/Or2YUzSmdA

If it's designed well, this target could power the policy & investment needed to turn round the decline of #nature at last.

Thank you to everyone who has joined the #StateofNature campaign! Keep going until it's in law.

[greener magazine @KT_Environment]

#FREEread
#PropertyFloodResilience: a clunky term for protecting your home or business from #flood.
But what works? @floodmary travelled the UK to find out: https://t.co/HlgOLpquEO
Mary'll be speaking @floodandcoast @CIWEM

[CIWEM Policy Team @CIWEMpolicy]

Govt pledged "to put climate adaptation at the heart of everything we do” ahead of #COP26. Is the UK on track to achieve this & is the governance fit for purpose? Hear from @ChiefExecCCC, @DefraGovUK & experts from industry at our free webinar - book here
https://t.co/9jSjtjDVlL

[CIWEM Policy Team @CIWEMpolicy]

Our speakers for Thursday's #COVID19 and the Water Sector: Resilience for a #GreenRecovery FREE webinar. Sarah Cotterill UCD, Sophie Broadfield Defra, Lee Pitcher Yorks Water, Daniel Johns Anglian, Annabelle Ong Frontier Economics, Francis Heil NIC. Book! https://t.co/1BTZZlwNQa

[Alastair Chisholm @alastairchisholm.bsky.social @al_chisholm]

How will water companies & supply chains reach #netzero by 2030 & deliver on the @WaterUK routemap in practice? *FREE* (thanks @WRcplc) webinar will dig into the detail with @thameswater, @wessexwater, @DwrCymru, @scottish_water, @AnglianWater +++

Book: https://t.co/yKLfb9zMlX

[CIWEM @CIWEM]

Last week Government wrote to water companies on process for driving a #GreenRecovery from #COVID19 through water.

Sophie Broadfield, Deputy Director, Water Services, @DefraGovUK is speaking on this at our *FREE WEBINAR* 10th December: https://t.co/lq1HtTJvxw *BOOK NOW*