It’s official - the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) says that unprecedented global temperatures from June onwards led 2023 to become the warmest year on record – overtaking by a large margin 2016, the previous warmest year.

The Met Office is warning that the outlook for global temperature suggests 2024 will be a further record-breaking year, expected to exceed 2023, which is itself almost certain to be the warmest year on record.

The abundance of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere once again reached a new record last year and there is no end in sight to the rising trend, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service is warning that “exceptional temperature anomalies” in October mean 2023 is “virtually certain” to be warmest year on record.

Water UK has published a new report on developing a long-term strategy for bioresources in England, working collaboratively on the project with regulators and stakeholders across the industry to develop a common understanding of the challenges and opportunities for bioresources.

Scottish Water has broken ground on a pioneering new type of hydro energy generation scheme at Whiteadder Reservoir, East Lothian as part of its work to reduce carbon emissions.

Antarctic sea ice extent has reached a new record low – the sea ice is more than 1 million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) below the previous record low maximum set in 1986.