The extent of the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean has shrunk to a record low, according to scientists from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado.

Global leaders assembled at the opening session of the 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm have called for substantial increases in public and private sector investment to reduce losses of food in the supply chain, enhance water efficiency in agriculture and curb consumer waste.

A UK Trade & Investment Infrastructure Summit being held at Lancaster House today will bring together business leaders from across the world to debate emerging trends, examine best practice and identify opportunities across infrastructure sectors such as construction, water, airports and rail.

Water regulation should move its focus from environmental quality and concentrate on limiting prices, according to a new report by ex-Ofwat chief Sir Ian Byatt.

The Government has today published its analysis and recommendations to resolve the longstanding issues of cyclicality in the water sector, saying it no longer needs to be accepted as a feature of the industry.

Britain’s engineers, scientists and designers are being challenged to come up with innovative ways to help protect UK infrastructure from the effects of climate change in a new competition launched by Environment Minister Lord Taylor of Holbeach today.

The regulated UK water industry is continuing to spend hundreds of millions of pounds on new infrastructure and operational maintenance in the current 2010-15 AMP5 investment period, in contrast with ongoing weakness in other construction spend, according to a new report on the sector.