Monday, 24 April 2017

Chernobyl remembrance

International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day is remembered on
26 April.  On this date in 1986 An explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant spread a radioactive cloud over large parts of the Soviet Union, now the territories of Belarus, Ukraine and the Russian Federation causing imense human and long term environmental damage
The UN resolution  and 
associated United Nations documents provide information and background on events. 
The UNDP also has a specialist website  It contains a depository of UN official documents on Chernobyl nuclear accident



other useful websites considering the long term impact include:
it includes statements from witnesses and scientific organisations on the impact - from the 30th anniversary in 2016 . This includes the shocking 20 year evaluation report
Chernobyl’s Legacy: Health, Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts
and Recommendations to the Governments of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine 













 


 

Friday, 14 April 2017

Economics reports April 10-22nd 2017

BCC Quarterly Economic Survey: Solid economic growth likely in Q1 but inflation remains a key risk

Federation of Small Businesses - Small business Index

BCC publishes the results from its digital survey, which shows that one in five businesses has been the victim of a cyber-attack in the past year.

Leading, adopting or drifting? Where next for the Northern energy sector? IPPR North