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PREVIOUS REPORTS BY THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION Special report Artificial Light in the Environment November 2009 27th report Novel Materials in the Environment: The case of nanotechnology Cm 7468, November 2008 26th report The Urban Environment Cm 7009, March 2007 Special report Crop Spraying and the Health of Residents and Bystanders September 2005 25th report Turning the Tide – Addressing the Impact of Fisheries on the Marine Environment Cm 6392, December 2004 Special report Biomass as a Renewable Energy Source April 2004 24th report Chemicals in Products – Safeguarding the Environment and Human Health Cm 5827, June 2003 Special report The Environmental Effects of Civil Aircraft in Flight September 2002 23rd report Environmental Planning Cm 5459, March 2002 22nd report Energy – The Changing Climate Cm 4749, June 2000 21st report Setting Environmental Standards Cm 4053, October 1998 20th report Transport and the Environment – Developments since 1994 Cm 3752, September 1997 19th report Sustainable Use of Soil Cm 3165, February 1996 18th report Transport and the Environment Cm 2674, October 1994 17th report Incineration of Waste Cm 2181, May 1993 16th report Freshwater Quality Cm 1966, June 1992 15th report Emissions from Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicles Cm 1631, September 1991 14th report GENHAZ – A system for the critical appraisal of proposals to release genetically modified organisms into the environment Cm 1557, June 1991 13th report The Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms to the Environment Cm 720, July 1989 12th report Best Practicable Environmental Option Cm 310, February 1988 11th report Managing Waste: The Duty of Care Cm 9675, December 1985 10th report Tackling Pollution – Experience and Prospects Cm 9149, February 1984 9th report Lead in the Environment Cm 8852, April 1983 8th report Oil Pollution of the Sea Cm 8358, October 1981 7th report Agriculture and Pollution Cm 7644, September 1979 6th report Nuclear Power and the Environment Cm 6618, September 1976 5th report Air Pollution Control: An Integrated Approach Cm 6371, January 1976 4th report Pollution Control: Progress and Problems Cm 5780, December 1974 3rd report Pollution in Some British Estuaries and Coastal Waters Cm 5054, September 1972 2nd report Three Issues in Industrial Pollution Cm 4894, March 1972 First report Cm 4585, February 1971 iii
ROYAL COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION Twenty-eighth Report To the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY We, the undersigned Commissioners, having been appointed ‘to advise on matters, both national and international, concerning the pollution of the environment; on the adequacy of research in this field; and the future possibilities of danger to the environment’; And to enquire into any such matters referred to us by one of Your Majesty’s Secretaries of State or by one of Your Majesty’s Ministers, or any other such matters on which we ourselves shall deem it expedient to advise: HUMBLY SUBMIT TO YOUR MAJESTY THE FOLLOWING REPORT. v
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Page 9 and 10: Specific institutional arrangements
Page 11 and 12: 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Chapter 1 INTRO
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Page 17 and 18: every circumstance. However, the Co
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Page 39 and 40: BIODIVERSITY SUMMARY OF THE IMPACTS
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3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 Anyone wis
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3.40 3.41 3.42 nature. 39 Other und
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3.47 For each of the exemplars, nat
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3.52 3.53 3.54 River Glaven). The a
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3.60 Planning future provision rais
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3.68 3.69 3.70 ordinary watercourse
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3.73 3.74 3.75 3.76 members of the
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3.84 3.85 3.86 3.87 74 SMPs have a
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3.94 Defra announced on 1 December
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3.101 More than 250 Special Protect
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INTRODUCTION 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Chapte
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4.11 4.12 Figure 4-I also introduce
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PATH DEPENDENCY 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21
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4.25 4.26 4.27 Another way of consi
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Efficiency 4.36 Efficiency is about
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4.47 4.48 4.49 participation. We re
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4.53 The key elements of framing th
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4.55 next. The Council observed tha
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overarching strategic framework set
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4.70 There was a dilemma running th
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when specific measures are necessar
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4.88 4.89 from flooding. Hot-spots
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BOX 4G LEGAL ASPECTS OF COASTAL PRO
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communicative learning in terms of
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is not limited to a single departme
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INTRODUCTION 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.
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5.11 A number of our recommendation
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5.23 5.24 The Climate Change Act 20
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5.34 5.35 5.36 5.37 Two of our earl
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5.46 The Commission recommends that
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5.57 understood in order that it ca
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5.67 5.68 5.69 5.70 There is no obv
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5.79 underpin the need for the gove
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BOX 5A AN INDICATIVE LIST OF TEN QU
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CHAPTER 1 References 1 Royal Commis
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27 Data from the UK Climate Project
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66 Willis, S.G., Hill, J.K., Thomas
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13 Ibid, page 12. 14 For further de
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51 Ofwat (2009). Final Determinatio
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CHAPTER 4 1 Brooks, N. and Adger, W
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37 There is an extensive literature
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4 Greater London Authority Act 2007
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The European Commission has publish
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The study will, therefore, draw on
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Range of climate change Q2) There a
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Values relating to the natural envi
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Adaptive capacity (also referred to
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species that might survive and subs
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Appendix B CONDUCT OF THE STUDY In
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Forestry Commission Grantham Instit
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UK Collaborative on Development Sci
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VISITS During the course of the stu
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Mark Williams Scottish Water Ruth W
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CHAIRMAN Appendix D MEMBERS OF THE
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PROFESSOR MARIA LEE Professor of
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PROFESSOR JOANNE SCOTT Professor
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Abbreviations ACC Adapting to Clima
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SPA Special Protection Area SSSI Si
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Biodiversity Action Plan 2.99 Birds
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supply and treatment of 3.55 Englan
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water supply and wastewater treatme
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institutional arrangements adaptati
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UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP
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