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COP 27 or cop-out? – A talk about Climate Change by Lord Deben – Dec 8th

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“Carbon Capture” reproduced by kind permission of James Ferguson at the Financial Times

COP 27 or cop-out?

What can we do to help reach Net Zero?

A talk about Climate Change by Lord Deben

Thursday December 8th 7pm, Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge

The River Deben Association invites you to its Autumn talk by the Rt Hon Lord Deben, Chair of the Climate Change Committee. It is an independent body that advises the UK government on reducing emissions and on response to the impacts of climate change. As chair for over 10 years Lord Deben is one of the most authoritative voices in the UK on climate and wider environmental issues. His previous roles have included Secretary of State for the Environment (1993-97) and MP for Suffolk Coastal (1979-2010).

Topics will include

  • what did COP27 achieve?
  • The role of the Climate Change Committee
  • What do we mean by Net Zero?
  • Progress towards the UK’s Net Zero Strategy
  • What can we as individuals do to make a positive difference?

Entry is free for RDA members, £5 for non-members (tickets available on the door)

RDA Journal Update

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Previous articles can be found here.

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AGM Report – Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust – The State of our Rivers Report

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The East Suffolk Rivers area of 1,364 km2 encompasses the valleys, waterbodies, tributaries and estuaries of the Rivers Gipping (Orwell), Deben, Alde and Ore, Thorpeness Hundred, Yox, Blyth and Lothingland Hundred.

This area is mostly rural with significant urban areas at Felixstowe, Ipswich, Woodbridge, Wickham Market, Stowmarket, Saxmundham, Halesworth, Southwold and Kessingland.

Agriculture is the predominant land use (root veg and pig farming in the east and arable). Other pockets of land-based industry exist, including food processing, milling, malting and the manufacture of farm machinery and fertilisers.

The attached report by the Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust looks at the current state of these Suffolks Rivers.

 

Photo Competition 2021 (ages 11-14 and 15-18)

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The theme is the River Deben and the age group categories are 11-14 and 15-18. The closing date is 14 Aug.

Judging will take place by 1 September and the winners, with their parent or guardians’ consent, may be presented in the Deben Magazine but notified in advance.Entries should be accompanied with a short explanation (say 2 sentences) of what inspired each particular shot. Judging criteria will include composition, aesthetics, exposure, with the River Deben being in the shot somewhere! 

Prizes for the two winners will include a half day course with the professional photographer – Gill Moon and the runners up will have their winning entries professionally framed. 

Entries must be accompanied by the name and age of the entrant and contact details of their parent/carer.  Entrants can post their entries to the RDA Instagram page @riverdebenassociation or the following email: chair@riverdeben.org. 

Summer Holiday Ideas and Contacts 2021

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Prepared by the River Deben Association (July 2021)

Summer 2021 is another summer where it’s going to be hard for families to make plans. Government restrictions have been removed but Covid 19 infections are rising again and everyone has been asked to behave responsibly and with consideration for others. Many people will already have decided to enjoy their holidays in the UK rather than go abroad. Spending as much time as possible out of doors is likely to be a good choice though we’ll need to be extra-sensitive to pressure on the river environment.

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