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CIWEM gains a high level of press coverage in trade, national and international print and online publications.
Here are just a few of the publications that we have appeared in over the past few months:
The Independent; Environmental Health News; Edie.com; Professional Photographer; The Ecologist; New Statesmen; Surveyor; British Journal of Photography; Environmental-Expert.com; Amateur Photography; Water Active; Green Places; Building Products; WWT; CIWM; East Anglia Daily Times; Planning; Sustain; MRW; Water World; Public Sector Executive; TCE; Insurance Day and Utility Week
This includes articles on: fluoridation of water, the Environmental Photographer of the Year competition, environmental art, wetlands, zero VAT on digital publications, the Pitt Review, climate change as a threat to human rights, deculverting rivers, no to Antarctic land grab, sanitation, environmental consequences of war, faith and the environment, a sustainable water industry, greenbelts and population.
For more information on any of our press work, or for a press pass to one of CIWEM’s events, please contact the Press Office on 020 7831 3110 or email press@ciwem.org.
December 2008
CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTS HUMAN RIGHTS
Climate change is violating the fundamental human right to a safe, secure and sustainable environment and the effects are falling disproportionately on developing countries. CIWEM wants the UN’s Human Rights Day on 10th December to recognise this vital connection.
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November 2008
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF WAR
On every International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, CIWEM calls for tougher international laws to protect the environment in times of conflict.
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AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Colin Challen MP is the first CIWEM Environmental Parliamentarian of the Year
At CIWEM’s Parliamentary Reception on 10th November, CIWEM President Alastair Moseley praised Colin for his outstanding contribution to environmental understanding.
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PROPER POLICIES NEEDED
With a current growth rate of 200,000 new properties per annum in England alone, the location and construction of these new properties must be planned properly. While policies for managing flood risk and development have been updated, the mechanisms to ensure their delivery and enforcement are weak.
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SANITATION FOR ALL
World Toilet Day on 19th November reminds us that over 2.6 billion people lack any form of ‘improved’ sanitation; one-sixth of the world's population get their water from sources contaminated by human and animal faeces; half of all people in developing countries have an illness related to sanitation and water quality; and every six seconds, a child dies of diarrhoea.
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October 2008
THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT BE TRUSTED ON CLIMATE CHANGE
CIWEM condemns the Government for not fulfilling its commitment to tackle climate change. Stansted’s approved expansion and the Government’s desire to remove aviation from EU targets is in total defiance of its own commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
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NATURAL BUFFERS NEEDED
In a response to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution’s study on adapting to climate change, CIWEM calls for more wetlands, forests and water storage areas as buffers to climate change.
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FOOD FOR CARS, OR FOOD FOR PEOPLE?
With more than 850 million undernourished people in the world today, CIWEM calls for the international community to recognise the effect biofuels are having on food production.
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AN ENVIRONMENTAL CREDIT CRUNCH?
CIWEM sees the credit crisis as an opportunity for a global green economy, allowing us to build a financial system that will underpin sustainable growth. However, this is only possible if the Government strengthens its proposed climate change legislation and increases investment in energy efficiency and renewables.
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A DAY OF NON-VIOLENCE
On the UN’s International Day of Non-Violence, CIWEM urges the global community to secure a culture of peace, tolerance and understanding, to prevent the inevitable consequences of war.
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WORLD HABITAT DAY 2008
CIWEM supports the UN’s World Habitat Day, which encourages nations to create a healthy, safe and sustainable world.
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ARE ECO-TOWNS JUST A DISTRACTION?
CIWEM does not believe that eco-towns are the right solution to achieving zero-carbon communities.
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A VITAL COMMUNITY RESOURCE
Public parks and green spaces play a vital role in the environmental, social, cultural and economic life of the UK.
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ENVIRONMENTAL POVERTY
Living in poverty or in an unhealthy environment violates our human rights.
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September 2008
THE GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL OF WHEAT
In a recent paper published CIWEM’s Water and the Environment Journal (WEJ), a life cycle assessment took place on one tonne of wheat transported to port in south-western Australia, including emissions from pre-farm, on-farm and post-farm stages.
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CIWEM WELCOMES NEW PRESIDENTIAL TEAM
A new Presidential team at CIWEM is helping to achieve a more clean, green and sustainable world. Alastair Moseley has taken over from David Rooke MBE and is joined by Ken Shapland as the new Vice-President and Malcolm White as President-Elect.
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THE IMPACTS OF FLOODING
The health, social and economic impacts of major floods are devastating, affecting people’s physical and mental health and disrupting and dispersing communities.
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PEACE FOR EARTH
CIWEM wants the UN’s International Day of Peace on 21st September to be recognised, not only as a day for non-violence, but as a symbol for environmental protection, international co-operation, cultural diversity and tolerance.
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HAVE FAITH IN THE ENVIRONMENT
CIWEM knows that faith groups can help overcome the world’s environmental problems.
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August 2008
PICTURING THE ENVIRONMENT
From over 1,400 international entries, Abhijit Nandi has become CIWEM’s Environmental Photographer of the Year.
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THE MADNESS OF IT ALL
CIWEM demands to know how a government committed to tackling climate change can sanction the building of coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth, which will emit around eight million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year.
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PROTECT INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
CIWEM calls for international cooperation in finding solutions to problems faced by indigenous people in areas such as culture, education, health, human rights, the environment and social and economic development.
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July 2008
A SUSTAINABLE POPULATION
To mark World Population Day on 11th July, CIWEM is demanding that world leaders address the complex linkages between population, consumption, poverty and sustainable development.
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PITT MUST BE DELIVERED IN FULL OR FEAR THE CONSEQUENCES
The Government must not 'cherry pick' the recommendations in the Pitt Report for quick political gain and ignore the more challenging ones.
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LET’S CELEBRATE WATER, NOT FEAR IT
Those at a recent CIWEM Dinner Debate with Sir Michael Pitt recognised that anxiety over flooding has caused the public to fear water when we should be celebrating it and the potential it has to improve the quality of people's lives.
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June 2008
LEARNING LESSONS FROM THE PITT REPORT?
CIWEM welcomes the publication of the Pitt Report, which emphasises the need for a robust, sustainable and joined-up approach to flood risk management, with local authorities and the Environment Agency playing an enhanced role.
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SOCENV ANNOUNCES THE 5,000TH REGISTERED CHARTERED ENVIRONMENTALIST
The Society for the Environment is delighted to name the 5,000th person to qualify as a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), with 864 of those coming through the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM).
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CALL FOR ARTS & ENVIRONMENT PAPERS
CIWEM sees enhanced connections between agendas on the arts and the environment as vital in generating critical thinking for our management of water and the environment, and in enriching society's responses to the technological, ecological, cultural and moral challenges of the twenty first century.
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SEAS THE DAY
CIWEM wants World Ocean Day on 8th June to highlight the effect climate change, overfishing, coastal pollution and degradation of water quality are having, not only on our oceans, but on social development as well.
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CREDIT CRUNCH GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT?
With the credit crunch, rising fuel prices and inflation affecting millions of people, CIWEM believes that now is the time to re-evaluate the way we live.
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ENVIRONMENTAL DISPLACEMENT
With climate change predicted to take the number of refugees worldwide to one billion by 2050, CIWEM wants the health implications of forced mass migration to be recognised fully.
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CONSEQUENCES OF DESERTIFICATION
Desertification has enormous economic, social and ecological implications, threatening to reverse sustainable development and destabilise societies.
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May 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS: CIWEM’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE
CIWEM’S Annual Conference ‘Water and the Global Environment’ is calling for papers that cover all aspects of the global water and environment sector.
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NEW JOURNAL OF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT
With five million people at risk from flooding in the UK alone, it is vital to harness the global science, technology and engineering expertise available to help manage the risk.
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GRACEFUL WITHDRAWL?
As part of CIWEM’s Arts and Environment initiative, which is putting creativity at the heart of environmental policy and action, the Institution is supporting Greenhouse Britain, a major exhibition of new work by the eminent artists Helen Mayer Harrison, Newton Harrison and their British associates
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CULTURAL DIVERSITY MUST BE PROTECTED
Our cultures have been informed by centuries of environmental interaction and adaptation, with the rich variety of global cultures reflecting the world’s natural diversity. As culture shapes our history, ethical and spiritual values, languages, traditions and technology, CIWEM believes it is essential to understand the relationship between cultural diversity and the environment when working towards sustainable development.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR EXHIBITION
Don’t forget to visit the Apothecary Gallery in West London to see photographs of some of the most important issues of our time.
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NO TIME FOR INTELLECTUAL LAXITY
Referring to the world’s first climate change election in Australia, Colin Challen, MP and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group, warned politicians to stop paying lip service to climate change.
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Colin Challen's Speech
LIVING OUTSIDE OUR LIMITS
Human population growth is acknowledged widely as one of the main causes of climate change, with rising consumption levels currently outstripping the biological capacity of the Earth by 25 per cent each year. If all countries achieved UK levels of wealth, the global population would need the natural resources of four or more planets. This is not the model of a sustainable world that will achieve social justice and harmony.
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April 2008
ONE OF THE GREATEST THREATS TO THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Malaria poses one of the greatest threats to life in the developing world, with more than one million malaria deaths worldwide. CIWEM supports the malaria-related Millennium Development Goals working towards a time when malaria is no longer a major cause of mortality and no longer a barrier to social and economic development anywhere in the world.
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PICTURING THE ENVIRONMENT
Photographs dealing with some of the most important issues of our time will be on display from 30th May 2008 at the Apothecary Gallery, West London.
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PROTECTING OUR HEALTH FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
CIWEM supports World Health Day’s aim on 7th April to raise awareness of the challenges that climate change poses to public health but wants to highlight that these impacts will not be evenly distributed around the world.
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March 2008
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL FOR SANITATION NEEDS REVISING
CIWEM supports the UN’s International Year of Sanitation and appropriately themed World Water Day on 22nd March, which highlight the need to accelerate progress on improving global sanitation. However, CIWEM believes that the international community’s approach to this issue must change.
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WORLD METEOROLOGICAL DAY
CIWEM is celebrating World Meteorological Day on 23rd March by recognising the contribution that meteorology makes to sustainable development.
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WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE KEY TO ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE
CIWEM believes that it is essential to protect and promote women’s rights, especially when addressing the issue of climate change. CIWEM wants International Women’s Day on 8th March to recognise this vital connection in its work to raise awareness about the social, economic and political issues impacting women today.
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February 2008
FINDING AN ENVIRONMENTAL CAREER
CIWEM’s new website is helping hundreds of people find their perfect role within the environment industry.
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PHOTOGRAPHY CAN HELP US FACE CLIMATE CHANGE
The Environmental Photographer of the Year 2008 will share images of environmental and social issues with international audiences, enhancing our understanding of the causes, consequences and solutions to climate change.
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AS COMMON AS CASH POINTS?
CIWEM supports the move by the government-funded Consumer Council for Water and Thames Water to encourage the hospitality industry to serve free tap water to customers.
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DRINKING WATER QUALITY – LESSONS AND PLANNING FOR INVESTMENT
A wide range of issues continue to challenge the way drinking water quality is managed. Key stakeholders will be meeting in London in March to address issues with high media profiles, such as how Cryptosporidium, emerging contaminants, the impact of major incidents such as extreme floods, pipe management and renovation, and catchment management can affect the quality of our drinking water.
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CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE MUST NOT BE IGNORED
The floods of summer 2007 highlighted the potential threat to the UK’s critical infrastructure from extreme weather events, with estimated costs of up to £6 billion. Combined with other flooding events such as storm surges, the threats to our infrastructure cannot be ignored. CIWEM’s conference ‘Critical Infrastructure and Flooding’ on March 26th 2008 will be looking to provide some answers.
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WISING UP ON WATER
CIWEM welcomes Defra’s Water Strategy, Future Water, which was published this week. For many years, CIWEM has been demanding that water be treated not just as an economic good but as a valuable resource with our Value for Water Campaign. The Institution welcomes Hilary Benn’s warning that we need to better understand the value of water and be more efficient in its use.
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GOVERNMENT MUST GETS ITS TEETH INTO THE ISSUES SURROUNDING FLUORIDATION
The fluoridation of public water supplies to improve dental health has been practised since the 1960s. However, there are conflicting medical, scientific, environmental and ethical issues surrounding the merits of fluoridation programmes.
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PITT MUST LOOK FURTHER
On World Wetlands Day professionals from the field called on Sir Michael Pitt to look further before concluding that wetlands and land management can have only limited effects on flood retention.
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January 2008
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL FOR SANITATION NEEDS REVISING
CIWEM supports the UN’s International Year of Sanitation and appropriately themed World Water Day, which highlight the need to accelerate progress on improving global sanitation. However, CIWEM believes that the international community’s approach to this issue must change.
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CIWEM Media Coverage in 2007
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CIWEM Media Coverage in 2006
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External Press Releases 2006
New Think Tank Set to Turn the Tide
On 20 January a panel comprising some of the most important and influential water and environmental experts in the UK including Justin Taberham Director of Policy at CIWEM met in London to discuss the single biggest threat to UK water resources - diffuse pollution. The Forum for Water is a new think tank instigated by ADAS which will debate the protection of our water environment resources
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