Useful Links
Climate Change
Real Climate: Climate Science From Climate Scientists
Scottish Climate Change Impacts Partnership
Three Regions Climate Change Group
Climate Change Northwest Climate Change Adaptation – UK BRAG climate change adaptation sub-group
Adaptation and Resilience in a Changing Climate (ARCC) – The ARCC CN brings together researchers and stakeholders involved in climate change adaptation in the built environment and infrastructure sectors.
Danish Portal for Adaptation to Climate Change FINADAPT Assessing the adaptive capacity of the Finnish environment and society under a changing climate
European Environment Agency National Adaptation Strategy Summary
REFRESH Adaptive strategies to mitigate the impacts of climate change on European Freshwater Ecosystems
NCCARF National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility The Water Resources and Freshwater Biodiversity Adaptation Network – Australia
Diffuse Pollution
Lake District Still Waters Partnership
Love Your Lakes – Improving the water quality of Windermere
Land Water Blog – Integrating Water and Agricultural Management (IWAM) blog for the Defra Farming and Food Science Team
BioFresh Biodiversity of Freshwater Ecosystems
FWAG SouthWest Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group for independent farm conservation and agri-environment advice in South West England
Upstream Thinking South West Water’s flagship programme of environmental improvements aimed at improving water quality in river catchments in order to reduce water treatment costs.
Environmental Business Support
UKWIR – UK Water Industry Research
Flood Risk
Flood Risk Management Research Consortium
Defra- flooding and coastal change
NERC Flood Risk from Extreme Events
Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009
Networks
Alternet – A long-term biodiversity, ecosystem and awareness research network
alfa “Adaptive Land use for Flood Alleviation” -protecting citizens in the North West Europe region against the effects of (the risk of) flooding due to climate changes.
Environmental Risk Management – a special interest group of the Industrial Mathematics KTN
Flood Risk and Water Management Network (England and Wales) – FlowNetThis resource is designed to provide self-help to local authorities through sharing good practice, challenges and innovative idea.
NERC Macronutrient Cycles Programme
Upland Hydrology Group Their goal is to reach a consensus about how land and water should best be managed in the uplands.
United Kingdom and Ireland Lakes Network Sharing best practice for the protection and restoration of the lakes across the UK and Ireland
Water Management
Waterwise – Reducing Water Wastage in the UK
N8 Research Partnership – Water Northern England’s eight leading universities with expertise in the science of sustainable water use