Useful Links

Climate Change Impacts

AdaptNet
Real Climate: Climate Science From Climate Scientists
Scottish Climate Change Impacts Partnership
Tyndall Centre
UK Climate Change Impacts
UK Climate Projections
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) – ARCC has been developed in order to build upon on the successes of the EPSRC/UKCIP programme Building Knowledge for a Changing Climate (BKCC) and the knowledge transfer and networking activity Sustaining Knowledge for a Changing Climate (SKCC).
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
The Water Resources and Freshwater Biodiversity adaptation network - Australia
Climate Change and Freshwater  An overview on how Climate Change affects freshwater ecosystems in Europe and worldwide

Diffuse Pollution

The England Catchment Sensitive Farming Delivery Initiative
The Voluntary Initiative
Association of Rivers Trusts
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
Integrating Water and Agricultural Management – a forum for scientists and policy makers involved in land-water science
BioFresh Biodiversity of Freshwater Ecosystems

Environmental Businesses Support

UKWIR – UK Water Industry Research
Northwest Envirolink
CIWEM

Flood Risk

EU Water Framework Directive
Flood Risk Management Research Consortium
Defra- flooding and coastal change
Flood and Water Management Bill
FREE Flood Risk from Extreme Events
Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009
Local Government Flood Forum
Pitt Review – SUMMARY OF PROGRESS SINCE JUNE 2009 – Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has published the latest report on the progress the Government has made in implementing the recommendations of the Pitt Review on the 2007 floods.

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.
FloodRiskNet
Integrated Water Resource Management Network
Environmental Risk Management – a special interest group of the Industrial Mathematics KTN
Local Government Flood Forum
FloodResilianCity- an EU-funded project which enables responsible public authorities in eight cities in North West Europe to better cope with floods in urban areas
Flood Risk and Water Management Network (England and Wales) – FlowNet This resource is designed to provide self-help to local authorities through sharing of ideas, good and innovative practice and challenges
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.

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
Water at Leeds