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Evaluating UK natural hazards: the national risk assessment

Wednesday, 24 April, 2019

Despite its relatively temperate climate and stable geography, natural hazards present multiple risks to human activity in the UK. These range from small-scale local occurrences, such as landslides, through regional incidents, such as flooding, to major high impact, low probability events, such as space weather. The impacts of such hazards can be wide-ranging but may include disruption to critical infrastructure and transport networks, detrimental effects on human welfare, and, in some cases, loss of life. This POSTbrief summarises the emergency planning for such hazards undertaken by Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) of the Cabinet Office and published in the classified National Risk Assessment (NRA) and unclassified National Risk Register (NRR).
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Carbon Capture and Usage

Friday, 02 November, 2018

Carbon capture and usage (CCU) is a basket of technologies that have collectively gained attention in recent years from industry and policymakers as a potential approach to climate change mitigation.
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Sleep and Long-Term Health

Wednesday, 19 September, 2018

A POSTbrief that describes the research examining the long-term health outcomes associated with disruptions to sleep and the circadian rhythm. Long-term sleep problems are associated with a range of poor health outcomes including increased risk for mental health conditions, obesity and type 2 diabetes, amongst others.
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- Health and social care
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Distributed Ledger Technology

Thursday, 06 September, 2018

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is a type of digital records system that allows multiple identical copies of a ledger to be stored on different computers on a network and updated by multiple different users. This POSTbrief provides a technical overview of the different types of DLT and how they work. It discusses some of the main applications of DLT and highlights the benefits and challenges of the technology.
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Topics of Interest 2018

Monday, 08 January, 2018

This list sets out the topic areas identified of possible parliamentary interest under the 9 different category headings (Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Forestry, Crime, Defence, Education and Skills, Energy, Environment, Health, ICT and Robotics and Transport and Infrastructure).
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Urban Green Infrastructure and Ecosystem Services

Tuesday, 18 July, 2017

This brief provides an overview of the ecosystem service contributions of urban biodiversity and green infrastructure and the challenges for improving their provision - complementing POSTnote 538 on Green Space and Health.
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Projecting Future Sea Level Rise

Thursday, 15 June, 2017

This POSTbrief sets out the causes, likely future levels and implications of sea level rise.
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Telecommunications Infrastructure: Cabling, Ducts and Poles

Monday, 27 March, 2017

This briefing gives an overview of the UK’s telephone and broadband infrastructure. It covers fixed (static) broadband infrastructure (rather than wireless technologies). It includes an introduction to poles and ducts, and how they can be accessed by other Internet service providers who are wanting to build their own telecommunications infrastructure.
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Academic Evidence on Selective Secondary Education

Friday, 16 December, 2016

This POSTbrief provides a brief overview of methodologically robust studies on state-funded selective schools that select the majority of their intake on academic criteria.
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- Education
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Education of Young People Leaving Custody

Thursday, 15 December, 2016

A briefing that discusses children’s engagement with education and training on release from custody - complementing POSTnote 524 on Education in Youth Custody.
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Bereavement Care after the Loss of a Baby in the UK

Wednesday, 06 July, 2016

A briefing that expands on aspects of healthcare for families that experience baby loss - discussed in POSTnote 527, Infant Mortality and Stillbirth in the UK
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Moving Block Signalling

Tuesday, 26 April, 2016

This POSTbrief introduces the European Rail Traffic Management System, explains the concept of moving block signalling and discusses its potential benefits for rail capacity, which are likely to vary significantly between routes.
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- Transport and infrastructure
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Data Encryption

Tuesday, 15 March, 2016

This briefing provides an overview of how encryption works and how it is used.
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Measuring Performance for the Carbon Budgets

Thursday, 14 January, 2016

Part 6 of the Energy Bill 2015-16 proposes an amendment to the Climate Change Act to adjust the performance measure used in the UK’s statutory carbon budgets. The new measure would include UK territorial emissions only. With this change, credits or debits from the EU Emissions Trading System would not contribute towards the UK’s performance against its carbon budgets from 2028 onwards. This POSTbrief introduces the carbon budgets, explains the proposed change and outlines the implications of the proposed change.
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Climate Change and Infectious Disease in Humans in the UK

Friday, 18 December, 2015

A short paper describing the impact of climate change on infectious diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks in the UK.

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