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Environment

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    Assessing Energy Efficiency

    Friday, 25 May, 2012

    This POSTnote examines definitions of energy efficiency, looks at methods to measure and verify achieved energy savings and summarises UK and EU polices to promote energy efficiency.

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    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Transport and infrastructure
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    Bioenergy

    Tuesday, 15 May, 2012

    Bioenergy is the use of renewable natural material for power, heat and liquid fuels. Currently, the UK sources approximately 3% of its primary energy from bioenergy feedstocks. This POSTnote considers the opportunities and challenges of producing bioenergy sustainably to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets.

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    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Food security
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    Seeking Sustainability

    Tuesday, 20 March, 2012

    Sustainability is the long term maintenance and enhancement of human well-being within finite planetary resources. It is usually considered to have environmental, economic, and social dimensions. This POSTnote summarises issues in defining and achieving sustainability

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    Livestock Super Farms

    Thursday, 15 March, 2012

    This POSTnote examines the current issues surrounding intensification of livestock production in the UK.

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    • Environment
    • Food security
    • Transport and infrastructure
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    Low Carbon Technologies for Energy-Intensive Industries

    Thursday, 16 February, 2012

    Energy-intensive industries such as chemicals, paper, ceramics, cement, iron and steel are responsible for 45% of carbon emissions from businesses and the public sector in the UK. This briefing discusses carbon dioxide (CO2) abatement technologies for these industries and policies to support their adoption.

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    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Transport and infrastructure
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    Climate Variability and Weather

    Friday, 03 February, 2012

    Short-term differences from long-term climate, or "climate variability", can increase the risk of damaging extreme weather events. This POSTnote examines the causes of climate variability and the use of global climate models to understand, and predict, these variations.

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    Natural Flood Management

    Monday, 05 December, 2011

    Natural flood management, defined here as the alteration, restoration or use of landscape features, is being promoted as a novel way of reducing flood risk. This POSTnote reviews the policy drivers of this approach, as well as the scientific basis, and implementation, of inland natural flood management strategies.

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    • Environment
    • Food security
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    Invasive Tree Pests and Diseases

    Wednesday, 19 October, 2011

    Tree diseases and pests from outside or already spreading within, Europe, have the potential to damage or kill large number of trees in the UK's country and urban landscapes.

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    • Environment
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    Improving livestock

    Wednesday, 12 October, 2011

    This note describes current technologies used in livestock breeding, research into future technologies and how the improvement of livestock can contribute towards future food security.

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    • Environment
    • Food security
    • Health and social care
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    Livestock disease

    Wednesday, 12 October, 2011

    This POSTnote examines disease threats to UK livestock, outlines prevention and control measures, and looks at factors likely to contribute to future disease.

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    • Environment
    • Food security
    • Health and social care
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    Marine planning

    Thursday, 15 September, 2011

    This POSTnote describes the marine planning process and considers the challenges it will face.

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    • Environment
    • Transport and infrastructure
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    Water in production and products

    Thursday, 15 September, 2011

    This POSTnote examines how virtual water use is calculated and its application within the global economy.

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    • Environment
    • Food security
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    Evidence-based conservation, June 2011

    Wednesday, 01 June, 2011

    This POSTnote summaries the benefits of, and issues surrounding, an evidence-based approach to conservation management.

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    Carbon footprint of electricity generation, June 2011

    Wednesday, 01 June, 2011

    This POSTnote provides an overview of the carbon footprints of a variety of electricity generation technologies, including evidence from more than 30 peer-reviewed studies.

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    • Energy
    • Environment
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    Natural capital accounting, May 2011

    Sunday, 01 May, 2011

    This POSTnote outlines the need for "environmental accounting" by governments, to maintain the capacity of ecosystems to sustain human well-being at acceptable levels.

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    • Environment
    • Health and social care

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