Global water experts are warning that the world is at risk of a 40% shortfall in freshwater supply by 2030, with severe shortages in water-constrained regions.

Anglian Water has this week published a summary of the feedback received following their first phase of consultation on the proposed new reservoir in Lincolnshire that will secure water supply to customers for future generations.

The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on its proposals for a new £16 million flood alleviation scheme for Tadcaster. 

Plans for the future of water supplies in the South East, including a giant reservoir between Abingdon, Steventon and East Hanney, have been strongly criticised by Vale of White Horse District Council.

Renewed efforts by the water companies who make up the Water Resources South East water group to move forward with proposals for a giant reservoir near Abingdon are again facing opposition in Oxfordshire. 

The Climate Change Committee is warning that achieving the Government goal’s of a reliable, secure and decarbonised power system by 2035 is possible – but not at the current pace of delivery.

New research from the UK Met Office shows that extreme rainfall events could be four times as frequent by 2080 compared to the 1980s.

England had its driest February in 30 years according to the latest provisional figures from the Met Office, as meteorological winter concluded with a dry and mild month for most. 

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a new consultation on draft guidance to help businesses co-operate on environmental sustainability.

A new study published in Nature Communications by an international team of scientists shows that an irreversible loss of the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, and a corresponding rapid acceleration of sea level rise, may be imminent if global temperature change cannot be stabilized below 1.8°C, relative to the preindustrial levels.