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WWF 2024 LIVING PLANET REPORTWWF is warning that the world is nearing dangerous, irrerversible tipping points driven by nature loss and climate change, with a catastrophic 73% decline in the average size of monitored wildlife populations in just 50 years (1970-2020).

WMO STATE OF GLOBAL WATER RESOURCES REPORT 2023 - OCT 2024The year 2023 marked the driest year for global rivers in over three decades, according to a new report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which signaled critical changes in water availability in an era of growing demand.

Published in Water Issues

Flooding Czech Republic September 2024Scientists are warning that recent extreme weather events In Europe are directly attributable to human-induced climate change, with climate models showing roughly a doubling in likelihood and a 7% increase in intensity.

NIC REPORT DEVELOPING RESILIENCE STANDARDS IN UK INFRASTRUCTURE SEPT 2024The National Infrastructure Commission is calling on the Government to set clear standards of resilience that infrastructure operators must maintain in the face of sudden shocks.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING Green Future FellowshipsThe Royal Academy of Engineering has today launched its new Green Future Fellowships. It will award £150 million over the next five years to 50 of the best ideas and scalable technologies essential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and for adapting to the impacts of climate change.

Published in Technology Focus

FLOODING ANGLIAN WATER REGIONAnglian Water’s Rob Kelly, who is currently on secondment into the Norfolk Strategic Flooding Alliance as Water Management Director, explains what really happens to the water system during periods of heavy rainfall and the power a multi-agency approach can have on effective water management.

C3S Global surface air temperature anomalies June to August 1979 to 2024The EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) is warning that summer 2024 was the hottest on record both globally and for Europe and it is “increasingly likely that 2024 is going to be the warmest year on record.”

Published in Water Issues

FLOOD DEFENCE SCHEME LEIGH FLOOD EXPANSION CONTROL GATESThe Environment Agency is progressing work on the £24.8 million Leigh Flood Storage Area expansion and Hildenborough embankment scheme which protect communities in Tonbridge and Hildenborough are at risk of flooding from the River Medway.

DWQR SCOTLAND ANN REPORT 2023 - 20 AUG 24The Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland has flagged up the “deteriorating condition and age” of many of Scottish Water’s assets and concerns that the current scale and pace of investment in the maintenance and replacement of water assets is "simply not sufficient."

WILDFIRE EVENING Unprecedented wildfires in Canada and parts of Amazonia last year were at least three times more likely due to climate change and contributed to high levels of CO2 emissions from burning globally.

Published in Energy and Carbon
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