Latest Met Office figures show UK on track for 2022 to be warmest year on record
Latest Met Office statistics suggest that the UK would need a December of near-record cold weather to avoid 2022 being the warmest year on record for the UK.
Net Zero - how the UK water sector can address the challenge of improving resilience while cutting carbon
In an Expert Focus article from AECOM, sustainability experts Ben Murray, Principal Sustainability Consultant and Alex McMahon Consultant, Climate Change & Sustainability Services, discuss the practical and regulatory challenges the UK water sector is facing in cutting capital and operational carbon while at the same time maintaining performance standards in the face of a changing climate.
Water Resources East launches £6bn plan to tackle serious threat to water security and the environment in Eastern England
Water Resources East’s first ever Regional Water Resources Plan - a multi-sector, collaborative effort to achieve resilient water supplies and a thriving natural environment in the region - has concluded that urgent action is needed by all water users to manage Eastern England’s scarce water resources.
Environment Agency starts work on £750,000 Tees Estuary restoration project
Work on a £750,000 Environment Agency project designed to restore parts of the natural Tees Estuary and make way for new wildlife habitats is now underway.
WRSE sets out blueprint to secure water supplies in South East England in £15bn+ regional water plan
Water Resources South East (WRSE) has published a long-term regional water plan setting out the blueprint to secure water supplies in water-scarce South East England.
Affinity Water launches £3bn action plan to tackle potential 449m litres a day water shortfall by 2050
Affinity Water has launched its £3 billion action plan to address a significant future shortfall in water resources - without action, the region the water company supplies could face a shortfall of up to 449 million litres a day by 2050.
Environment Agency warns households - prepare for flooding in 2022 year of extremes
Communities are being urged to prepare for flooding this winter with the Environment Agency warning of “ignoring the danger at your own peril”.
UNESCO warns a third of 18,600 iconic World Heritage glaciers will disappear by 2050
Ahead of COP27, the UN climate summit which starts in Egypt in Sharm El- Sheikh this Sunday, UNESCO is warning that the accelerated melting of glaciers in 50 World Heritage sites, which are home to total of 18,600 glaciers, will see a third of them disappear by 2050.
Climate change - UN warns world on track for temperature rise of 2.4-2.6°C by end of this century
A new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report is warning that the international community is still falling far short of the Paris goals, with no credible pathway to 1.5°C in place.
Climate change - World Meteorological Organization warns as greenhouse gas levels hit record highs
A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is warning that atmospheric levels of the three main greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide - all reached new record highs in 2021.