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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

NIWater - Halfway to1 MillionTrees Planting GoalAmbitious plans by NI Water to plant 1 million trees across Northern Ireland by 2030 have almost reached the halfway mark.

Published in Company News

ANGLIAN WATER LINCOLNSHIRE RESERVOIR Anglian Water is calling on people to submit their feedback to help shape plans for a new reservoir in Lincolnshire, before a consultation on the project closes on 9 August 2024.

Published in Company News

dry river bedThe Environment Agency is seeking to understand the wider impacts of water scarcity on key water-using sectors beyond the water companies, agriculture and energy sectors.

Published in Contract News

LONDON CLIMATE RESILIENCE REVIEW JULY 2024The London Climate Resilience Review has today published its full and final report into London’s preparedness for climate impacts including heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires, storms, sea level rise and subsidence.

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