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31 May · 5 MINUTE VIDEO
Planet positive opportunities
This is something that will affect all of us. It will affect the next generation and beyond. So there’s a real imperative to achieve our net zero targets and go further if we can.
Flexibility & Protection – A Use Class Order for the 21st Century?
Reform was promised and change is very much the order of the day for this Government with the latest changes to use classes and permitted development rights. Mike Jones, Planning Partners highlights the fundamental changes to use classes which come in to force on the 1st September 2020.
The Growth of Health Impact Assessments
Following Bidwells’ spring update of the Local Plan Watch, associate and socio-economics expert, Juliet Clark, takes a closer look at how local authorities are approaching health impact assessments (HIA).
Planet positive opportunities
This is something that will affect all of us. It will affect the next generation and beyond. So there’s a real imperative to achieve our net zero targets and go further if we can.
Time to spruce up the voluntary carbon market
There’s currently a debate underway in the UK around where plantation forestry i.e. fast-growing timber producing forestry, fits into the voluntary carbon market system, the Woodland Carbon Code (WCC). Similar discussions are being had in other parts of the world - as globally we analyse how to deal with the climate change challenge we all face.
The £8.6bn opportunity?
A ‘blessing’ of the UK’s cool and wet oceanic climate is that it allows for the formation of peatland, fondly referred to as ‘bogs’. Peatlands are not unique to the UK but are found across the globe and on all continents. Although the highest levels are found predominately in the northern hemisphere, significant levels of peatland are also found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Tasmania.
Beyond Carbon - Financing Biodiversity
The trajectory of the carbon offset market looks set, with the launch sequence initiated. The global voluntary carbon market doubled between 2017 and 2019 and with the likes of visionary Microsoft founder Bill Gates and ex-Bank of England Governor Mark Carney collaborating on a taskforce aiming to scale this market, some estimates put the value of the voluntary carbon market growing from around $300 million today to $25 billion by 2030.
The future of integrated land and deer management
As we struggle towards what we hope will be the final stages for the UK of this terrible global pandemic, a growing commitment towards climate change reversal and managing natural capital and biodiversity is ramping up in a way which has made the last five years look like a warm up.
Statues, Plaques and Memorials – new policies for old history
The government is consulting on revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which was last updated in 2019, to include guidance on the altering or removal of statues, plaques and memorials. Eleanor Grace, Principal Heritage Consultant, explains what the process could look like, if the revisions are accepted following the end of the consultation period on 27 March 2021.
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